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*It is 100 percent sensitive and specific for diagnosing streptococcus pneumoniae infection.<ref name="pmid16371872">{{cite journal| author=Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Yamanaka N, Billal DS, Nasreen T, Islam M et al.| title=Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis: implications for treatment and measuring disease burden. | journal=Pediatr Infect Dis J | year= 2005 | volume= 24 | issue= 12 | pages= 1093-8 | pmid=16371872 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16371872 }} </ref> | *It is 100 percent sensitive and specific for diagnosing streptococcus pneumoniae infection.<ref name="pmid16371872">{{cite journal| author=Saha SK, Darmstadt GL, Yamanaka N, Billal DS, Nasreen T, Islam M et al.| title=Rapid diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis: implications for treatment and measuring disease burden. | journal=Pediatr Infect Dis J | year= 2005 | volume= 24 | issue= 12 | pages= 1093-8 | pmid=16371872 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16371872 }} </ref><ref name="pmid18260752">{{cite journal| author=Werno AM, Murdoch DR| title=Medical microbiology: laboratory diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2008 | volume= 46 | issue= 6 | pages= 926-32 | pmid=18260752 | doi=10.1086/528798 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18260752 }} </ref> | ||
===Nucleic acid amplification tests(NAT)=== | ===Nucleic acid amplification tests(NAT)=== | ||
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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:
Latex agglutination test
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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.