Diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in children at a district hospital in sub-Saharan Africa

The diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis in children is difficult in sub-Saharan Africa, because the clinical features overlap with those of other common diseases, and laboratory facilities are inadequate in many areas. We have assessed the value of non-laboratory tests and incomplete laboratory...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2001-06, Vol.357 (9270), p.1753-1757
Hauptverfasser:	Berkley, James A, Mwangi, Isiah, Ngetsa, Caroline J, Mwarumba, Salim, Lowe, Brett S, Marsh, Kevin, Newton, Charles RJC
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Africa South of the Sahara Antibiotics Antigens Bacteria Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the nervous system. Bacterial myositis Biological and medical sciences Blood Blood Glucose Cerebrospinal fluid Children Children & youth Coma Contaminants Counting Culture media Data collection Diagnosis Glucose Glucose - cerebrospinal fluid Hospitals Hospitals, District Human bacterial diseases Humans Infant Infectious diseases Laboratories Laboratory tests Leukocyte Count Malaria Medical diagnosis Medical sciences Meningitis Meningitis, Bacterial - cerebrospinal fluid Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis Meningitis, Bacterial - mortality Meningitis, Bacterial - physiopathology Microbiology Neck Prospective Studies Proteins Spinal Puncture Stiffness Streptococcus infections Turbidity
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