Cerebrospinal fluid analysis acute bacterial versus viral meningitis

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 645-650

  Abro, Ali Hassan ^a,b   Abdou, Ahmed Saleh ^a,b   Ali, Hakim ^b   Ustadi, Abdulla Mahmood ^a   Hasab, Aly Abdel Halim ^c  

^a RASHID HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b Chandka Medical College Hospital Shaheed Muhtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana   (Pakistan)

^c DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Bacterial; CSF analysis; Meningitis; Viral

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM STAINING; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PUNCTURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 55849117724     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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