Updating the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis

Lancet Infect Dis. 2019 Nov;19(11):1160-1161. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30549-3.

Author

Stephen Obaro¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE 68198, USA; International Foundation against Infectious Diseases in Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. Electronic address: stephen.obaro@unmc.edu.

PMID: 31657768
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30549-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

DNA, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Meningitis, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

DNA, Bacterial