Lettrt To The Editor
Dr. Vogel has, I believe, missed a major point of my discussion. The child with a positive blood culture needs to be reassessed for meningitis. The meningitis may be subclinical and may develop after an initial negative lumbar puncture, as is demonstrated in cases 4 and 5. I believe that when a chil...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pediatrics (Evanston) 1975-02, Vol.55 (2), p.300-300 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Dr. Vogel has, I believe, missed a major point of my discussion.
The child with a positive blood culture needs to be reassessed for meningitis. The meningitis may be subclinical and may develop after an initial negative lumbar puncture, as is demonstrated in cases 4 and 5.
I believe that when a child has a positive blood culture a lumbar puncture should be done. I believe this is important whether or not the child has had a recent negative lumbar puncture and whether or not he has central nervous system symptoms or signs. |
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ISSN: | 0031-4005 1098-4275 |
DOI: | 10.1542/peds.55.2.300b |