Microscopic Examination and Broth Culture of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Diagnosis of Meningitis
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Microscopic examination and broth culture of cerebrospinal fluid in diagnosis of meningitis.
We reviewed the results of microscopic Gram stain examination and routine culture for 2,635 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples processed in an adult hospital microbiology laboratory during 55 months. There were 56 instances of bacterial or fungal meningitis (16 associated with central nervous system [CNS] shunt infection), four infections adjacent to the subarachnoid space, four cases of sepsis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.6.1617-1620.1998