Usefulness of interleukin 6 levels in the cerebrospinal fluid for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 693.e1-693.e6

  Takahashi, Waka ^a   Nakada, Taka aki ^a   Abe, Ryuzo ^a   Tanaka, Kumiko ^a   Matsumura, Yosuke ^a   Oda, Shigeto ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; Interleukin 6; Neurologic outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERLEUKIN 6 CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84902265558     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.02.020     Document Type: Article

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