The utility of cerebrospinal fluid parameters in the early microbiological assessment of meningitis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-30

  White, Kyle ^a   Ostrowski, Kevin ^a   Maloney, Samuel ^a,b   Norton, Robert ^a,b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Microbiology Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

CSF; Glucose; Meningitis; Protein; White cell count

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860715005     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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