DETECTION OF LEPTOSPIRA DNA IN PATIENTS WITH ASEPTIC-MENINGITIS BY PCR

Authors
ROMERO EC BILLERBECK AEC LANDO VS CAMARGO ED SOUZA CC YASUDA PH
Citation
Ec. Romero et al., DETECTION OF LEPTOSPIRA DNA IN PATIENTS WITH ASEPTIC-MENINGITIS BY PCR, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(5), 1998, pp. 1453-1455
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1453 - 1455
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:5<1453:DOLDIP>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Samples of cerebrospinal fluid from 103 patients with aseptic meningit is were tested by PCR for detection of leptospires, and the results we re compared with those of the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) and an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for detection of immunoglobulin hi (ELISA-IgM). Of these samples, 39.80% were positive by PCR and 8.74 and 3.88% were positive by MAT and ELISA-IgM, respectively.