Acute viral meningitis: Epidemiological, clinical and biological characteristics of 29 hospitalized patients;Méningite virale aiguë: Caractéristiques épidémiologiques, cliniques et biologiques de 29 patients hospitalisés

Presse Medicale

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 254-258

  Sene D ^a   Bossi, Philippe ^a   Zeller, V ^a   Caumes, E ^a   Bricaire, F ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 0037116797     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Aseptic meningitis in infants, 2 years of age: Diagnosis and etiology
2. Diagnosis of enteroviral central nervous system infection by polymerase chain reaction during a large community outbreak
3. Clinical characteristics, management strategies and cost implications of a statewide outbreak of enterovirus meningitis
4. Diagnostic rapide du type de méningite (bactérienne ou virale) par le dosage de la procalcitonine sérique
5. Management of central nervous system infections during an epidemic of enteroviral aseptic meningitis
6. Association of clinical presentation, laboratory findings, and virus serotypes with the presence of meningitis in hospitalized infants with enterovirus infection
7. Cerebrospinal fluid findings in aseptic versus bacterial meningitis
8. Differential diagnosis of acute meningitis: An analysis of the predictive value of initial observations
9. Value of repeat lumbar puncture in the differential diagnosis of meningitis
10. Transient elevation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels in cerebrospinal fluid at the initial stage of aseptic meningitis in children
11. Approach to diagnosis of meningitis: Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation
12. Enterovial meningitis: Diagnosis methods and aspects on the distinction from bacterial meningitis
13. The spinal tap: A new look at one old test
14. Predictive value of cerebrospinal fluid lactate level versus CSF/blood glucose ratio for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis following neurosurgery
15. Multicenter evaluation of the Amplicor Enterovirus PCR test with cerebrospinal fluid from patients with aseptic meningitis
16. Multicenter evaluation of a commercially available PCR assay for diagnosing enterovirus infection in a panel of cerebrospinal fluid specimens
17. Enteroviral infections of the central nervous system
18. Rapid and sensitive detection of enterovirus in specimens patients with aseptic meningitis
19. Measurement of procalcitonin levels in children with bacterial or viral meningitis
20. Viral meningitis
21. High sensitivity and specificity of serum procalcitonin levels in adults with bacterial meningitis