Bacterial meningitis other diagnostic studies
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aysha Anwar, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Other diagnostic tests
Other diagnostic tests which may be used to diagnose bacterial meningitis may include:
Rapid tests
Two rapid detection tests which may be used to diagnose bacterial meningitis may include:
[1][2][3]
Latex agglutination test
- May be used for detecting common meningeal pathogens[1]
- Not used routinely due to false positive results
Immunochromatographic tests
Nucleic acid amplification tests(NAT)
- NAT such as PCR may be used to diagnose specific pathogen responsible for meningitis.
- The sensitivity and specificity of PCR for pneumococcal meningitis is 92 percent and 100 percent respectively.
- False positive tests may be reported with NAT.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tunkel AR, Hartman BJ, Kaplan SL, Kaufman BA, Roos KL, Scheld WM; et al. (2004). "Practice guidelines for the management of bacterial meningitis". Clin Infect Dis. 39 (9): 1267–84. doi:10.1086/425368. PMID 15494903.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Yamanaka N, Billal DS, Nasreen T, Islam M; et al. (2005). "Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis: implications for treatment and measuring disease burden". Pediatr Infect Dis J. 24 (12): 1093–8. PMID 16371872.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Werno AM, Murdoch DR (2008). "Medical microbiology: laboratory diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease". Clin Infect Dis. 46 (6): 926–32. doi:10.1086/528798. PMID 18260752.