A proteomic approach for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

A proteomic approach for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis.

BACKGROUND: The discrimination of bacterial meningitis (BM) versus viral meningitis (VM) shapes up as a problem, when laboratory data are not equivocal, in particular, when Gram stain is negative. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: With the aim to determine reliable marker for bacterial or viral mening...

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Main Authors: Sarah Jesse, Petra Steinacker, Stefan Lehnert, Martin Sdzuj, Lukas Cepek, Hayrettin Tumani, Olaf Jahn, Holger Schmidt, Markus Otto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2851643?pdf=render

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