| Suspect value of non-CSF viral cultures in the diagnosis of enteroviral CNS infection in young infants. | |
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PMID: 1327928 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Laboratory criteria used for presumptive diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis were evaluated as predictors of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) infection. Records were retrospectively analysed of infants under four months of age admitted to hospital between 1977 and 1987 with viral CSF cultures: those with enteroviruses isolated from CSF (group 1) were compared with those with enteroviruses isolated only from non-CSF sites (group 2). Predictive value computations demonstrated that no single or combined non-CSF culture accurately predicted isolation of enteroviruses from the CSF. These results suggest that CSF viral culture is imperative in establishing the diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis in young infants. |
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Authors:
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G M Johnson; G A McAbee; E D Seaton; S M Lipson |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Developmental medicine and child neurology Volume: 34 ISSN: 0012-1622 ISO Abbreviation: Dev Med Child Neurol Publication Date: 1992 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1992-11-18 Completed Date: 1992-11-18 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0006761 Medline TA: Dev Med Child Neurol Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 876-84 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Pediatrics, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554. |
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Cerebrospinal Fluid
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microbiology* Diagnosis, Differential Enterovirus / isolation & purification* Enterovirus Infections / diagnosis*, microbiology Female Humans Infant Male Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis*, microbiology Neurologic Examination Retrospective Studies Virus Cultivation* |
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