[Usefulness of reactive strips in the diagnosis of suppurative meningitis, at the patient's bedside]. / Utilidad de las tiras reactivas en el diagnóstico de las meningitis supuradas, a la cabecera del paciente.

The CSF from 68 children suspected of meningitis (20 meningitis, 48 normal) was analyzed with the customary laboratory techniques (cellularity, differential count, glucose, proteins and bacteriology) and with Combur 9 test strips (glucose, proteins and leukocytes-granulocytes) in order to evaluate the suitability of the latter for the rapid diagnosis of meningitis.