Prospective validation of a clinical prediction model for Lyme meningitis in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Garro, Aris C ^a   Rutman, Maia ^b   Simonsen, Kari ^c   Jaeger, Jenifer L ^d   Chapin, Kimberle ^e   Lockhart, Gregory ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Lifespan   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Decision making; Lyme disease; Lyme neuroborreliosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MONOCYTES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66049163164     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2048     Document Type: Article

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