Tuberculous meningitis: evaluation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a diagnostic tool – a pilot study.

Tuberculous meningitis: evaluation of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as a diagnostic tool – a pilot study.

Meningitis is a severe and potentially fatal form of tuberculosis. The diagnostic workup involves detection of acid-fast bacilli in the cerebrospinal fluid by microscopy or culture. However the difficulty in detecting the organism poses a challenge to diagnosis. Use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Geib, José Miguel Dora, Rafael Chakr, Fernanda de Paris, Alice Beatriz Mombach, Larissa Lutz, Carolina Fischinger Moura de Souza, Luciano Goldani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) 2008-09-01
Series:Clinical and Biomedical Research
Subjects:
Tuberculous meningitis
polymerase chain reaction
AIDS
Online Access:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/5217

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