Test Characteristics of Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain to Identify Bacterial Meningitis in Infants Younger Than 60 Days.
Pediatr Emerg Care
; 37(5): e227-e229, 2021 May 01.
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| ID: mdl-30422943
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT In our cohort of 20,947 infants aged 60 days or younger, cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain had a sensitivity of 34.3% (95% confidence interval, 28.1%-41.1%) and a positive predictive value of 61.4% (95% confidence interval, 52.2%-69.8%) for positive cerebrospinal fluid culture, suggesting that Gram stain alone may lead to both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of bacterial meningitis.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Meningitis Bacterianas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Infant
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Emerg Care
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA
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PEDIATRIA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Panamá