| Literature DB >> 4212012 |
M J Brueton, P Tugwell, H C Whittle, B M Greenwood.
Abstract
Forty-one patients suffering from group A meningococcal meningitis in an area within the epidemic meningococcal belt of tropical West Africa were studied. The serum of only two of these patients contained fibrin degradation products (FDPs). The cerebrospinal fluid of 21 of these cases was also examined for FDPs, which were present in 13. Their presence in the cerebrospinal fluid was associated with a poor prognosis.Entities:
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Year: 1974 PMID: 4212012 PMCID: PMC478135 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.27.5.402
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Pathol ISSN: 0021-9746 Impact factor: 3.411