caa a22 4500 477069649 CHVBK 20180405111421.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01586191 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01586191 The value of cerebrospinal fluid enrichment culture in the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis [Elektronische Daten] [M. Lessing, I. Bowler] The records of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) examinations for the three-year period ending 30 September 1991 were studied retrospectively. From 3, 161 examinations, 66 pathogens were detected, 64 of which were from primary agar plate culture. Enrichment broth culture yielded 219 isolates of which 217 were likely contaminants. Only two pathogens were isolated by enrichment, and in both samples the CSF leucocyte counts were abnormal. The use of enrichment broth culture should be confined to CSF specimens with abnormal leucocyte counts and/or Gram stains. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Lessing M. Department of Medical Microbiology & Oxford Public Health Laboratory, Level 6/7, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK aut Bowler I. Department of Medical Microbiology & Oxford Public Health Laboratory, Level 6/7, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 79-82 0934-9723 15:1<79 1996 15 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01586191 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01586191 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lessing M. Department of Medical Microbiology & Oxford Public Health Laboratory, Level 6/7, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bowler I. Department of Medical Microbiology & Oxford Public Health Laboratory, Level 6/7, John Radcliffe Hospital, OX3 9DU, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Springer-Verlag 15/1(1996-01-01), 79-82 0934-9723 15:1<79 1996 15 10096 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer