RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS BY A SIMPLIFIED NESTED AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL

被引:57
作者
LIU, PYF
SHI, ZY
LAU, YJ
HU, BS
机构
关键词
D O I
10.1212/WNL.44.6.1161
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have developed a simplified protocol based on nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for early diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis. Using this protocol, we detected the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome within 24 hours in the CSF of 19 of 21 patients (90%) with clinically suspected tuberculous meningitis. The PCR results were negative in all 79 nontuberculous meningitis controls.
引用
收藏
页码:1161 / 1164
页数:4
相关论文
共 10 条
[1]   RAPID, SIMPLE METHOD FOR TREATING CLINICAL SPECIMENS CONTAINING MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS TO REMOVE DNA FOR POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION [J].
BUCK, GE ;
OHARA, LC ;
SUMMERSGILL, JT .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1992, 30 (05) :1331-1334
[2]   TUBERCULOSIS SYMPOSIUM - EMERGING PROBLEMS AND PROMISE [J].
ELLNER, JJ ;
HINMAN, AR ;
DOOLEY, SW ;
FISCHL, MA ;
SEPKOWITZ, KA ;
GOLDBERGER, MJ ;
SHINNICK, TM ;
ISEMAN, MD ;
JACOBS, WR .
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1993, 168 (03) :537-551
[3]   RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS BY POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION (PCR) [J].
KANEKO, K ;
ONODERA, O ;
MIYATAKE, T ;
TSUJI, S .
NEUROLOGY, 1990, 40 (10) :1617-1618
[4]   NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION FOR DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS IN CLINICAL-SAMPLES [J].
MIYAZAKI, Y ;
KOGA, H ;
KOHNO, S ;
KAKU, M .
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1993, 31 (08) :2228-2232
[5]  
MOLAVI A, 1985, MED CLIN N AM, V69, P315
[6]   NESTED AMPLIFICATION PROTOCOL FOR THE DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS [J].
NARITA, M ;
MATSUZONO, Y ;
SHIBATA, M ;
TOGASHI, T .
ACTA PAEDIATRICA, 1992, 81 (12) :997-1001
[7]   POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION FOR DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS [J].
NARITA, M ;
SHIBATA, M ;
TOGASHI, T ;
KOBAYASHI, H .
ACTA PAEDIATRICA, 1992, 81 (02) :141-144
[8]   RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS BY POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION [J].
SHANKAR, P ;
MANJUNATH, N ;
MOHAN, KK ;
PRASAD, K ;
BEHARI, M ;
SHRINIWAS ;
AHUJA, GK .
LANCET, 1991, 337 (8732) :5-7
[9]   CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE GENE FOR IMMUNOGENIC PROTEIN MPB64 OF MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS BCG [J].
YAMAGUCHI, R ;
MATSUO, K ;
YAMAZAKI, A ;
ABE, C ;
NAGAI, S ;
TERASAKA, K ;
YAMADA, T .
INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, 1989, 57 (01) :283-288
[10]  
1948, LANCET, V1, P582