Early Detection of Central Nervous System Tuberculosis with the Gen‐Probe Nucleic Acid Amplification Assay: Utility in an Inner City Hospital

Abstract

Central nervous system tuberculosis is a serious clinical problem, the treatment of which is sometimes hampered by delayed diagnosis. We investigated the utility of the Gen-Probe nucleic acid amplification assay for the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis and as a noninvasive method of identifying intracranial tuberculoma.