Attenuated cerebrospinal fluid leukocyte count and sepsis in adults with pneumococcal meningitis: a prospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: A low cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) white-blood cell count (WBC) has been identified as an independent risk factor for adverse outcome in adults with bacterial meningitis. Whereas a low CSF WBC indicates the presence of sepsis with early meningitis in patients with meningococcal infections,...

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Autores principales: Weisfelt, Martijn, van de Beek, Diederik, Spanjaard, Lodewijk, Reitsma, Johannes B, de Gans, Jan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1618396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17038166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-149

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1618396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17038166
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-149

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