Low risk of bacterial meningitis in children with a positive enteroviral polymerase chain reaction test result

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1221-1222

  Nigrovic, Lise E ^a   Malley, Richard ^a   Agrawal, Dewesh ^b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78349252130     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656919     Document Type: Letter

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