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- Title
Cerebrospinal fluid xanthochromia in acute bacterial meningitis as a red herring for subarachnoid haemorrhage: A case report.
- Authors
Adesokan, M. A.; Akbari, A. R.
- Abstract
This article presents a case that highlights the importance of excluding underlying intracranial pathology in a patient presenting with severe headache and positive xanthochromia. This case report demonstrated that false-positive xanthochromia without subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is possible in acute bacterial meningitis when there is a combination of traumatic lumbar puncture and either hyperbilirubinaemia or raised cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) protein.
- Subjects
SUBARACHNOID hemorrhage; BACTERIAL meningitis; CEREBROSPINAL fluid; CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination; LUMBAR puncture; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; ARACHNOID cysts
- Publication
African Journal of Clinical & Experimental Microbiology, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 4, p442
- ISSN
1595-689X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4314/ajcem.v23i4.13