Predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate level versus CSF/blood glucose ratio for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis following neurosurgery

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Leib, Stephen L ^a,b   Boscacci, Remy ^a   Gratzl, Othmar ^a   Zimmerli, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGISM; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032772277     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520184     Document Type: Article

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