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A 10-month-old infant with tuberculous (Tb) meningitis accompanying hydrocephalus was successfully treated with a VP shunt operation soon after a PCR assay of CSF was found to be negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PCR assay of CSF is helpful for determination of the timing for VP shunting in Tb meningitis.
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Received: 15 March 1996 Revised: 9 January 1998
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Arimoto, A., Yoshioka, H., Kihara, M. et al. Tuberculous meningitis with hydrocephalus Contribution of PCR assay of CSF before VP shunting. Child's Nerv Syst 14, 623–626 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050287
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050287