| the role of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in vietnam. | bacterial meningitis remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in vietnam. diagnosis is hampered by the ready availability of antibiotics in the community, leading to late presentation, masked clinical signs, and poor organism detection during the microscopical examination and culture of cerebrospinal fluid (csf). in order to improve organism detection at the hospital for tropical diseases in ho chi minh city, a diagnostic pcr-based protocol was developed. this protocol was followed ... | 2004 | 15000733 |