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№2' 2011
INFECTIOUS DISEASESInternational Medical Journal, Vol. 17., Iss. 2, 2011, P. 85−87.
POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION IN DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE MENINGITIS OF BACTERIAL AND VIRAL ORIGIN
Kharkiv Medical Academy of Post−graduate Education, Kharkiv, Ukraine
The efficacy of polymerase chain reaction in revealing Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae b, Enterovirus, Herpes simplex 1/2, Epstein − Barr virus, Сytomegalovirus, Human herpes virus−6 in the cerebrospinal fluid as a method of diagnosis of acute meningitis allowing to increase the frequency of deciphering the etiology of purulent and serous meningitis is shown.
Key words: polymerase chain reaction, cerebrospinal fluid, purulent meningitis, serous meningitis.