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Pediatr Infect Dis J
; 38(6): e131-e133, 2019 06.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30199480
RESUMEN
Several decision rules combining clinical and biological parameters have been proposed to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis, but have not been evaluated in Africa. In children hospitalized with suspected central nervous system infections in Uganda, we found that the Bacterial Meningitis Score and Meningitest showed lower performance than in European children, and that a decision rule designed specifically using parameters associated with bacterial meningitis also showed inadequate diagnostic performance for clinical use.