| Literature DB >> 30422943 |
Fran Balamuth1, Andrea T Cruz2, Stephen B Freedman3, Paul T Ishimine4, Aris Garro5, Sarah Curtis6, Kendra L Grether-Jones7, Aaron S Miller8, Neil G Uspal9, Suzanne M Schmidt10, Samir S Shah11, Lise E Nigrovic12.
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.Entities:
Year: 2021 PMID： 30422943 DOI： 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001639
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Emerg Care ISSN： 0749-5161 Impact factor: 1.454