Cerebrospinal fluid lactate level as a diagnostic biomarker for bacterial meningitis in children

BACKGROUND: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate is a potential biomarker for bacterial meningitis in children. To this end, we performed a single-center retrospective cohort study of children from Sao Paulo, Brazil, with CSF pleocytosis to evaluate the ability of CSF lactate to distinguish between chi...

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Autores principales: Mekitarian Filho, Eduardo, Horita, Sérgio Massaru, Gilio, Alfredo Elias, Nigrovic, Lise E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2014
Materias:
Brief Research Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24576334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-7-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3996047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24576334
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-7-14

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