TB & Outbreaks Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of TB & Outbreaks Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Bacterial Meningitis
Studies conducted at R.J. Ben et al on bacterial meningitis recently published
August 12th, 2008
"Microarrays, or biochips, are a new technology that can allow rapid detection of bacterial genetic materials. To explore their practical applications, we compared use of a microarray for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis with the traditional blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture methods," scientists in Kaohsiung, Taiwan report. "Samples from 50 patients with suspected bacterial meningitis were analyzed by microarray and by traditional blood and CSF cultures. Among all samples, 11 were positive by microarray analysis, seven were positive by CSF bacterial culture and six were positive by blood culture. CSF pleocytosis was found in 26 patients. Of these, eight...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-12)
|
