Score for the differential diagnosis between bacterial and viral meningitis;SCORE PARA EL DIAGNOSTICO DIFERENCIAL ENTRE MENINGITIS BACTERIANA Y VIRAL

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Ramos Lizana, J ^a   Vazquez Lopez M ^a   De Cea Crespo, J M ^a   Zanotta Alfieri, R ^a   Gonzalez Vergaz A ^a   Carrasco Marina, L L ^a   Bracamonte Bermejo, T ^a   Arregui Sierra, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bacterial meningitis; diagnostic; viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PARAMETER; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0029887576     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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