title: PCR assay for pathogen detection in ventriculostomy-related meningitis in neurosurgery patients: unanswered questions?
authors.affiliation: Division of Infection and Pathway Medicine, University of Edinburgh, The Chancellor's Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, UK, clarkdrussell@gmail.com.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lawson McLean
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D014696:Ventriculostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*