Additional file 1: of Development of a TaqMan Array card to target 21 purulent meningitis-related pathogens

Table S1. Primer and probe sequences of the 21 targeted pathogens. Table S2. The information about the 32 patients. Table S3. Validation of the primers and probes in the PM-TAC assay using ACSF spiked with the control plasmid. Table S4. Comparison of the PM-TAC assay versus the CSF culture method on samples showing negative CSF culture from PM patients. Table S5. Comparison of the PM-TAC assay versus the CSF culture method on CSF samples from patients who are not PM patients [34–45]. (DOCX 39 kb