Impacto de una prueba de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa del enterovirus del líquido cefalorraquídeo de

C Ramers1, G Billman, M Hartin

  • 1School of Medicine, University of California, 9500 Gilman Dr, #0927, La Jolla, CA 92093-0927, USA. mhsawyer@ucsd.edu

JAMA
|May 20, 2000
PubMed
Resumen

La prueba PCR rápida de enterovirus (EV) reduce significativamente las estancias hospitalarias y las intervenciones innecesarias para la sospecha de meningitis aséptica. Un resultado positivo de EV-PCR ayuda a las decisiones clínicas, promoviendo un alta más rápida del paciente y optimizando el uso de los recursos.

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