Culture‐Negative Intracerebral Abscesses in Children and Adolescents fromStreptococcus anginosusGroup Infection: A Case Series
Open Access
- 15 May 2008
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 46 (10) , 1578-1580
- https://doi.org/10.1086/587655
Abstract
We report the use of 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplification and sequencing to diagnose culture-negative intracerebral abscesses in younger patients. ThKeywords
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