Rapid Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Meningitis by Detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell-Free DNA in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Li, XL; Du, WL; Wang, YX; Liu, ZC; Li, K; Chen, HM; Liu, RM; Ma, LP; Zhang, LQ; Dong, YJ; Che, NY; Gao, MQ

Gao, MQ (corresponding author), Capital Med Univ, Beijing Chest Hosp, Beijing TB & Thorac Tumor Res Inst, Dept TB 2, Beijing, Peoples R China.; Che, NY (corresponding author), Capital Med Univ, Beijing TB & Thorac Tumor Res Inst, Beijing Key Lab Drug Resistant TB Res, Dept Pathol,Beijing Chest Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY, 2020; 153 (1): 126

Abstract

Objectives: Tuberculosis meningitis (TBM) is one of the most severe forms of tuberculosis. However, TBM diagnosis is quite challenging due to nonspeci......

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