title: The bacteriological diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis from cerebrospinal fluid dried on filter paper.
abstract: Cerebrospinal fluid from patients with pyogenic meningitis in two rural hospitals in Nigeria was dried on filter paper and sent by post for analysis in a reference laboratory. Microbial antigens were detected by counter-current immunoelectrophoresis in 78 of the 142 specimens (55%). This method of detecting antigens deserves further application for epidemiological and diagnostic work in developing countries.
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003378:Counterimmunoelectrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000276:immunology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial