Acute meningitis prognosis using cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 levels

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-327

  Vázquez, Jorge Alejandro ^a   Adducci, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Coll, Carlos ^b   Monzón, Daniel Godoy ^a   Iserson, Kenneth V ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

acute; bacterial; cerebrospinal fluid; interleukin 6; meningitis; prognosis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, HAEMOPHILUS; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864979438     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2011.07.029     Document Type: Article

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