Broad-range PCR for early diagnosis of nosocomial Enterococcus gallinarum meningitis

Infect Dis (Lond). 2016 Aug;48(8):640-2. doi: 10.3109/23744235.2016.1160422. Epub 2016 Apr 20.

Authors

Po-Yi Paul Su¹, Steve Miller², Rachel Lena Rutishauser³, Jennifer Babik³

Affiliations

¹ a Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care , San Francisco, San Francisco , CA , USA ;
² b Department of Laboratory Medicine , San Francisco, San Francisco , CA , USA ;
³ c Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases , University of California , San Francisco, San Francisco , CA , USA.

PMID: 27097275
DOI: 10.3109/23744235.2016.1160422

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
DNA, Bacterial / cerebrospinal fluid
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Early Diagnosis
Enterococcus / genetics*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Male
Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*

Substances

DNA, Bacterial