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Meningeal coccidioidomycosis diagnosed by real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis of cerebrospinal fluid.

Matthew J Binnicker1, Alina S Popa, Jelena Catania, Maria Alexov, Geoffrey Tsaras, Farrell Lloyd, Nancy L Wengenack, Mark J Enzler.   

Abstract

We describe two cases of coccidioidal meningitis (CM) diagnosed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of cerebrospinal fluid. These cases highlight the promise of PCR as a diagnostic method to assist in the rapid diagnosis of CM.

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Year:  2010        PMID： 20924686     DOI： 10.1007/s11046-010-9371-9

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Mycopathologia        ISSN： 0301-486X            Impact factor:   2.574


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