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- Title
Meta-analysis of bacterial meningitis score validation studies.
- Authors
Nigrovic, Lise E; Malley, Richard; Kuppermann, Nathan
- Abstract
The Bacterial Meningitis Score, a derived and validated clinical decision rule, identifies children with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis who are at very low risk of bacterial meningitis. Low-risk features include the following: negative CSF Gram stain, CSF absolute neutrophil count (ANC) <1000 cells/μl, CSF protein <80 mg/dl, peripheral blood ANC <10 000 cells/μl and no seizure at or prior to initial presentation. The study objective of the present work was to calculate the performance of the Bacterial Meningitis Score by performing a meta-analysis of all published validation studies.
- Publication
Archives of disease in childhood, 2012, Vol 97, Issue 9, p799
- ISSN
1468-2044
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1136/archdischild-2012-301798