Do febrile convulsions cause csf pleocytosis?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-175

  Haeusler, Gabrielle M ^a   Tebruegge, Marc ^a,b   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DROWSINESS; EMBASE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEBRILE CONVULSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NOTE; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PUNCTURE; REVIEW;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SPINAL PUNCTURE;

EID: 84856094525     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301223     Document Type: Note

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