Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid

Christopher R Polage; Cathy A. Petti

doi:10.1086/509581

Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid

Christopher R Polage, Cathy A. Petti

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1578-1579
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	43
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/509581
State	Published - Dec 15 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Immunology

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Polage, C. R., & Petti, C. A. (2006). Assessment of the utility of viral culture of cerebrospinal fluid. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 43(12), 1578-1579. https://doi.org/10.1086/509581

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