Corrections for leukocytes and percent of neutrophils do not match observations in blood-contaminated cerebrospinal fluid and have no value over uncorrected cells for diagnosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-11

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

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment rules; Cerebrospinal fluid; Leukocytes; Neutrophils; Peripheral blood

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NEUTROPHILS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644838040     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000195624.34981.36     Document Type: Article

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