USE OF SCORE AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LACTATE DOSAGE IN DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF BACTERIAL AND ASEPTIC MENINGITIS

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate Bacterial Meningitis Score (BMS) on its own and in association with Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) lactate dosage in order to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis. METHODS: Children diagnosed with meningitis at a tertiary hospital between January/2011 and December/2014 wer...

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Autores principales: Pires, Frederico Ribeiro, Franco, Andréia Christine Bonotto Farias, Gilio, Alfredo Elias, Troster, Eduardo Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade de Pediatria de São Paulo 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5737268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29185620
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1984-0462/;2017;35;4;00010

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