Lack of value of routine analysis of cerebrospinal fluid for prediction and diagnosis of external drainage-related bacterial meningitis

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Schade, Rogier P ^a,b   Schinkel, Janke ^a   Roelandse, Freek W C ^a   Geskus, Ronald B ^a   Visser, Leo G ^a   Van Dijk, Marc C ^a   Voormolen, Joan H C ^a   Van Pelt, Hans ^a   Kuijper, Ed J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Central nervous system infection; Cerebrospinal fluid drainage

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DRAINAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DRAIN; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644529431     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.104.1.101     Document Type: Article

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