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Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculous Meningitis by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Neurol 40:1617-1618, Kaneko,K.,et al, 1990
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Article Abstract
Using a rapid and highly sensitive method for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by polymerase chain reaction(PCR),we detected the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome in CSF of 5 of 6 patients with clinically diagnosed tuberculous meningitis.The genome was not present in CSF from 10 patients with other types of meningitis and 10 normal controls.
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