Detection of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>, <i>Neisseria meningitidis</i> and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> in Culture Negative Cerebrospinal Fluid Samples from Meningitis Patients Using a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction in Nepal

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Supriya Sharma (مؤلف), Jyoti Acharya (مؤلف), Dominique A. Caugant (مؤلف), Megha Raj Banjara (مؤلف), Prakash Ghimire (مؤلف), Anjana Singh (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• الموضوعات: article
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: Connect to this object online.

The rapid identification of bacteria causing meningitis is crucial as delays in the treatment increase mortality rate. Though considered as the gold standard for the laboratory diagnosis of bacterial meningitis, culture might give false negative results in a case of patients under antibiotics prior...