Rapid identification of Streptococcus intermedius by multiplex polymerase chain reaction 1 week before culture positivity in a patient with antibiotic-treated thalamic brain abscess

J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2017 Aug;50(4):549-551. doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2016.04.001. Epub 2016 May 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Brain Abscess / diagnosis
  • Brain Abscess / drug therapy*
  • Brain Abscess / microbiology*
  • Brain Abscess / pathology
  • DNA, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / pathology
  • Streptococcus intermedius / drug effects
  • Streptococcus intermedius / genetics
  • Taiwan
  • Thalamus / microbiology*
  • Thalamus / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S