TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid
AU - Polage, Christopher R
AU - Petti, Cathy A.
PY - 2006/12/15
Y1 - 2006/12/15
N2 - Nucleic acid amplification testing is the preferred method to detect enteroviruses and Herpesviridae in cerebrospinal fluid, but clinicians still request viral culture. Review of 22,394 viral cultures of cerebrospinal fluid samples found that <0.1% recovered nonenterovirus, non-Herpesviridae species, suggesting that, when nucleic acid amplification testing is performed, viral culture may have no additional benefit.
AB - Nucleic acid amplification testing is the preferred method to detect enteroviruses and Herpesviridae in cerebrospinal fluid, but clinicians still request viral culture. Review of 22,394 viral cultures of cerebrospinal fluid samples found that <0.1% recovered nonenterovirus, non-Herpesviridae species, suggesting that, when nucleic acid amplification testing is performed, viral culture may have no additional benefit.
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U2 - 10.1086/509581
DO - 10.1086/509581
M3 - Article
C2 - 17109291
AN - SCOPUS:33845402224
VL - 43
SP - 1578
EP - 1579
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
SN - 1058-4838
IS - 12
ER -