Arimoto A, Yoshioka H, Kihara M, Yagi T, Sawada T
Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Childs Nerv Syst. 1998 Nov;14(11):623-6. doi: 10.1007/s003810050287.
A 10-month-old infant with tuberculous (Tb) meningitis accompanying hydrocephalus was successfully treated with a VP shunt operation soon after a PCR assay of CSF was found to be negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PCR assay of CSF is helpful for determination of the timing for VP shunting in Tb meningitis.
一名患有结核性脑膜炎并伴有脑积水的10个月大婴儿，在脑脊液的聚合酶链反应（PCR）检测显示结核分枝杆菌呈阴性后不久，通过脑室腹腔分流术（VP分流术）成功治愈。脑脊液的PCR检测有助于确定结核性脑膜炎患者进行VP分流术的时机。
