Early Detection of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis with the Gen-Probe Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay: Utility in an Inner City Hospital.

Autor: Baker, Cristina A., Cartwright, Charles P., Williams, David N., Nelson, Susan M., Peterson, Phillip K.
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Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases; 8/1/2002, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p339, 4p
Abstrakt: Central nervous system tuberculosis is a serious clinical problem, the treatment of which is sometimes hampered by delayed diagnosis. We investigated the utility of the Gen-Probe nucleic acid amplification assay for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis and as a noninvasive method of identifying intracranial tuberculoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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