Rapid identification of Streptococcus intermedius by multiplex polymerase chain reaction 1 week before culture positivity in a patient with antibiotic-treated thalamic brain abscess.
Department of Surgery, Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kinmen, Taiwan; Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Fon-Yih
FY
Tsuang
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Tzu
YT
Lin
Department of Surgery, Kinmen Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Kinmen, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
David Hung-Tsang
DH
Yen
Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Lee-Jene
LJ
Teng
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Medical Device and Imaging, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: jctsai@ntu.edu.tw.
Jui-Chang
JC
Tsai
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D034367:Streptococcus intermedius / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013624:Taiwan; D013788:Thalamus / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S