Combined testing for herpes simplex virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with aseptic meningitis in Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Sylvie ZidaPratt Kolia-DiafoukaDramane KaniaAlbert SottoVincent FoulongneKarine BolloréSoumeya OuangraouaNicolas MédaSéverine Carrère-KremerPhilippe Van de PerreEdouard TuaillonPublished in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2018)
Using an in-house real-time PCR assay, we showed that both HSV and MTB are etiologic pathogens contributing to aseptic meningitis in Burkina Faso. This molecular test may have clinical utility for early diagnosis for those treatable CNS infections.