Rapid Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis Using Nitrite Patch Testing

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 231-232

  Maclennan, C ^a   Banda, E ^a   Molyneux, E M ^a   Green, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRITE; REAGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; COST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; PATCH TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEST STRIP;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NITRITES; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 5444224677     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550403400417     Document Type: Article

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