Accuracy and test characteristics of ancillary tests of cerebrospinal fluid for predicting acute bacterial meningitis in children with low white blood cell counts in cerebrospinal fluid

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Bonsu, Bema K ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Children; Diagnosis; Glucose; Neutrophils; Pleocytosis; Total protein; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROC CURVE; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 15944387005     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2004.11.022     Document Type: Article

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