Accuracy of cerebrospinal leucocyte count, protein and culture for the diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis: a comparative study using Bayesian latent class analysis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1520-1524

  Manning, Laurens ^a   Laman, Moses ^a,b   Mare, Trevor ^b   Hwaiwhanje, Ilomo ^c   Siba, Peter ^b   Davis, Timothy M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c Modilon General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

acute bacterial meningitis; Bayesian latent class analysis; cerebrospinal fluid; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MENINGITIS; PRECISION; PROTEIN;

ACUTE BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BAYES THEOREM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANESIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 85007273740     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12400     Document Type: Article

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