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Pyogenic bacterial meningitis is a serious and sometimes fatal condition affecting the CNS. Globally, the three major bacterial pathogens causing meningitis are Haemophilus influenzae type b (HIB), Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis. Traditional laboratory diagnosis by culture of these pathogens is slow (>36 h) and non-culture based methods such as PCR are increasingly being utilised.
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Roy, B., Leroi, M. (2010). Streptococcus pneumoniae. In: Schuller, M., Sloots, T., James, G., Halliday, C., Carter, I. (eds) PCR for Clinical Microbiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9039-3_26
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