Does the use of urinary reagent strip tests improve the bedside diagnosis of meningitis?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 409-410

  Molyneux, E M ^a   Walsh, A L ^b   Phiri, A J ^b   Soko, D ^b   Tembo, M ^b   Howarth, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Diagnosis; Malawi; Urinary reagent strip test

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TEST STRIP;

EID: 0032816760     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90136-0     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Moosa, A. A., Quortum, H. A. & Ibrahim, M. D. (1995). Rapid diagnoses of bacterial meningitis with reagent strips. Lancet, 345, 1290-1291.
2. Molyneux, E. M. & Walsh, A. L. (1996). Caution in the use of reagent dipsticks to diagnose bacterial meningitis. Lancet, 349, 287-288.