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A 5-year-old boy suffers from severe headache, nuchal rigidity vomiting without nausea, herpetic rash on his face, and fever. Bacteriology of what pathological material must be performed to confirm the provisional diagnosis of cerebrospinal meningitis?

Answer options

  1. Obtaining N. meningitidis bacteria from the mucosa of the genitourinary system
  2. Stool culture of N. meningitidis
  3. Cerebrospinal fluid
  4. Vomitus analysis
  5. Urine culture of N. meningitidis
Correct answer

Cerebrospinal fluid

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