Routine Testing for Anaerobic Bacteria in Cerebrospinal Fluid Cultures Improves Recovery of Clinically Significant Pathogens

In North America, the widespread use of vaccines targeting Haemophilus influenzae type b and Streptococcus pneumoniae have dramatically altered the epidemiology of bacterial meningitis, while the methodology for culturing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens has remained largely unchanged. The aims o...

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Main Authors: Pittman, Meredith E., Thomas, Benjamin S., Wallace, Meghan A., Weber, Carol J., Burnham, Carey-Ann D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Bacteriology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4042729/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24622102
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00193-14
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