Validation of a clinical prediction rule to distinguish lyme meningitis from aseptic meningitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Cohn, Keri A ^a   Thompson, Amy D ^b   Shah, Samir S ^c,d,e   Hines, Elizabeth M ^c   Lyons, Todd W ^a   Welsh, Elizabeth J ^a,c   Nigrovic, Lise E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Clinical prediction rule; Lyme meningitis; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LYME MENINGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84855290105     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1215     Document Type: Article

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