Differential diagnosis of acute central nervous system infections in children using modern microbiological methods

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1300-1306

  Huttunen, Pasi ^a   Lappalainen, Maija ^b   Salo, Eeva ^a   Lönnqvist, Tuula ^a   Jokela, Pia ^b   Hyypiä, Timo ^c   Peltola, Heikki ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infections; Children; Encephalitis; Meningitis; Specific microbiological diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOSIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CANDIDIASIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68249102019     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01336.x     Document Type: Article

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