Diagnostic value of immature neutrophils (bands) in the cerebrospinal fluid of children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kanegaye, John T ^a   Nigrovic, Lise E ^b   Malley, Richard ^b   Cannavino, Christopher R ^a   Schwab, Sandra H ^c   Bennett, Jonathan E ^d   Mohseni, Michael M ^e   Wang, Vincent J ^f   Katsogridakis, Yiannis L ^g   Herman, Martin I ^h   Kuppermann, Nathan ^i,j  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j Medical Center Sacramento   (United States)

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Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Bacterial meningitis; Bands; Cerebrospinal fluid; Immature neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66249113566     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1742     Document Type: Article

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