Dilemma in Diagnosis of Pyogenic Meningitis in Cerebrospinal Fluid Contaminated with Blood: Does Leucocyte Esterase Test Help?

CONTEXT: Pyogenic meningitis is often a devastating condition which is diagnosed by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) obtained by lumbar puncture (LP). CSF thus obtained can get contaminated with peripheral blood leucocytes during LP which renders it unusable for cytological analysis. Leucocyte...

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Autores principales: Krishnamurthy, Vani, Nabil, Nidha, Reddy, Swathi Muni, Doreswamy, Srinivasa Murthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JOC.JOC_75_18

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30745739
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JOC.JOC_75_18

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