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Predictors of infectious meningitis or encephalitis: the yield of cerebrospinal fluid in a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analyses are recommended in patients with meningitis and/or encephalitis, but evidence regarding its diagnostic yield is low. We aimed to determine predictors of infectious pathogens in the CSF of adult patients presenting with meningitis, and/or encephalitis. M...

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Autores principales: Dittrich, Tolga, Marsch, Stephan, Egli, Adrian, Rüegg, Stephan, De Marchis, Gian Marco, Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah, Sutter, Raoul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7181581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32326881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-020-05022-6