The Bacterial Meningitis Score to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis in children from Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1026-1029

  Filho, Eduardo Mekitarian ^a   Horita, Sérgio Massaru ^a   Gilio, Alfredo Elias ^a   Alves, Anna Cláudia Dominguez ^a   Nigrovic, Lise E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Bacterial Meningitis; Bacterial Meningitis Score; Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical prediction rule; Lactate

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS SCORE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84891608929     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182913e84     Document Type: Article

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