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You perform a lumbar puncture on a patient with meningitis symptoms and see that the spinal...

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You perform a lumbar puncture on a patient with meningitissymptoms and see that the spinal fluid is cloudy. However,panbacteria PCR comes up with nothing. What is a likelyexplanation?

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Meningitis is a disease that affectsthe nervous system including brain and spinal cord and it can bevery dangerous sometime and cause fatality if not treated wellSpinal fluid is for accurate and severity of the    See Answer
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