Reply: PCR assay for pathogen detection in ventriculostomy-related meningitis in neurosurgery patients: unanswered questions?

Infection. 2015 Apr;43(2):251-2. doi: 10.1007/s15010-015-0725-6. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

Authors

Peter-Michael Rath¹, Beate Schoch, Michael Adamzik, Eike Steinmann, Jan Buer, Joerg Steinmann

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

PMID: 25633464
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0725-6

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteria / isolation & purification*
Cerebrospinal Fluid / microbiology*
Female
Fungi / isolation & purification*
Humans
Male
Meningitis / diagnosis*
Meningitis / microbiology*
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
Ventriculostomy / adverse effects*