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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

International Medical Journal, Vol. 16., Iss. 1, 2010, P. 86−90.

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN DIAGNOSIS OF MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS

Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Application of polymerase chain reaction with the primers for identification and serogrouping Neisseria meningitidis in patients with purulent bacterial meningitis allows a considerable increase of the level of meningococcal meningitis diagnosis and is an essential and necessary addition to bacteriological method.

Key words: polymerase chain reaction, cerebrospinal fluid, meningococcal infection, meningococcal meningitis, meningococcal serogroup.