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Table 1 Molecular Tests Conducted on CSF Samples

From: Tuberculous meningitis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in adults with central nervous system infections in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia: an observational study

 

Viral pathogens

Bacterial pathogens

First Level Tests Done for CSF samples

(i) herpes simplex virus 1 and 2, (ii) varicella zoster virus, (iii) enterovirus, (iv) Japanese encephalitis virus, (v) dengue virus, (vi) nipah virus, (vii) cytomegalovirus, (viii) West Nile virus, and (ix) bunyavirus

Not Done

Second Level Test Done for CSF samples

cytomegalovirus, Epstein Barr virus, La Crosse Virus, mumps, varicella zoster virus, measles,, human herpes virus 6, rabies, LCMV, California encephalitis group (Bunyavirus), Human Alphavirus group (Eastern, Western, Venezualan EEV), Bartonella, Flavivirus group, Enterovirus group,, St. Louis Encephalitis virus and West Nile Virus

Haemophilus influenza, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus agalactiae, Neisseria meningitis, Rickettsia, Leptospira, Borrelia, Legionella pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis