A systematic review of cases of meningitis in the absence of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis on lumbar puncture

BACKGROUND: Definitive diagnosis of meningitis is made by analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture or polymerase chain reaction (PCR) obtained from a lumbar puncture (LP), which may take days. A timelier diagnostic clue of meningitis is pleocytosis on CSF analysis. However, meningitis may occur...

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Autores principales: Troendle, Michelle, Pettigrew, Alexis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4204-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683453/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31382892
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4204-z

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