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The sensitivity of the culture is very low (20%), and although molecular techniques have been perfected in recent years, their sensitivity in cerebrospinal fluid is 60%–70%.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> Due to these limitations, in our study<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> we used the criteria defined in a consensus, created precisely with the objective of facilitating definition and comparison in clinical research.<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Focusing only on microbiologically confirmed cases would have incorporated a very significant bias, excluding many of the cases and making the cohort incomparable with clinical practice, in addition to preventing comparison between periods, since molecular techniques were incorporated and developed over the course of the study period. 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Letter to the Editor
Answer to diagnostic limitations in tuberculous meningitis
Respuesta a la carta sobre las limitaciones del diagnóstico de meningitis tuberculosa
a Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
b Unidad de Tuberculosis, Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL); Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas, Universitat de Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain