Case Report: Prolonged CSF PCR Positivity in a Neonate With GBS Meningitis

• Main Authors: Nourah Alruqaie (Author), Yara Falatah (Author), Fawaz Alzahrani (Author), Musaed Alharbi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacterial meningitis is one of the critical diseases that needs to be diagnosed and treated promptly. Recent diagnostics of high sensitivity and specificity rates, such as PCR, helped with such presentation, especially in cases with prior antibiotics that led to culture negativity. However, the time...