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Pediatr Neurol
; 37(1): 55-8, 2007 Jul.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17628224
RESUMO
Culture-negative bacterial meningitis with secondary complications remains a significant challenge. Optimal treatment requires identification of the infecting organism. While the gold standard for diagnosis remains cerebrospinal fluid culturing, a significant number of cultures remain negative despite clinical evidence of meningitis. This patient illustrates the usefulness of polymerase chain reaction technology in identifying a specific organism, in an otherwise culture-negative bacterial meningitis with spinal cord abscess.