Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and prognosis in invasive meningococcal disease in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 855-859

  Malley, Richard ^a,d   Inkelis, Stanley H ^b   Coelho, Peter ^c   Huskins, W C ^a   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis; Meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031734067     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199810000-00002     Document Type: Article

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