Molecular detection of anaerobic streptococcus from the cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with a brain abscess

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008 Dec;27(12):1120. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818aa737.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Abscess / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Brain Abscess / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology*
  • Child
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Radiography
  • Streptococcal Infections / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / genetics
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Streptococcus / classification
  • Streptococcus / drug effects
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial