Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Division of Clinical Microbiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Mycopathologia. 2011 Apr;171(4):285-9. doi: 10.1007/s11046-010-9371-9. Epub 2010 Oct 7.
We describe two cases of coccidioidal meningitis (CM) diagnosed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of cerebrospinal fluid. These cases highlight the promise of PCR as a diagnostic method to assist in the rapid diagnosis of CM.
我们描述了两例使用实时聚合酶链反应（PCR）分析脑脊液诊断的球孢子菌性脑膜炎（CM）病例。这些病例突出了 PCR 作为一种诊断方法的前景，可帮助快速诊断 CM。
