A new parameter in the differential diagnosis of bacterial and viral meningitis

Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-92

  Onal, Hasan ^a,c   Onal, Zerrin ^a   Ozdil, Mine ^b   Alhaj, Safa ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; GLUCOSE; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 38349162547     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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