Srifuengfung Somporn, Chokephaibulkit Kulkunya
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
J Med Assoc Thai. 2010 Nov;93 Suppl 5:S71-5.
Rapid detection of bacterial pathogen causing meningitis is very important to guide antimicrobial therapy before the standard culture result is available. Other than gram stain, one of the most useful rapid methods is the detection of bacterial antigen in cerebrospinal fluid. This article reviewed the methods of bacterial antigen detection for diagnosis of meningitis as well as a microbiology aspect of this life-threatening disease.
在标准培养结果出来之前，快速检测引起脑膜炎的细菌病原体对于指导抗菌治疗非常重要。除革兰氏染色外，最有用的快速检测方法之一是检测脑脊液中的细菌抗原。本文综述了用于诊断脑膜炎的细菌抗原检测方法以及这种危及生命疾病的微生物学方面。
