Defining cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell count reference values in neonates and young infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 257-264

  Kestenbaum, Lori A ^a   Ebberson, Jessica ^a   Zorc, Joseph J ^a,b   Hodinka, Richard L ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Infant; Lumbar puncture; Newborn; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHUNTING;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEPSIS; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 76049100060     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-1181     Document Type: Article

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