Lumbar Puncture Performed Promptly or After Neuroimaging in Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: A Prospective National Cohort Study Evaluating Different Guidelines | Zendy

Martin Glimåker | Zendy; Jan Sjölin | Zendy; Styrbjörn Åkesson | Zendy; Pontus Nauclér | Zendy

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Lumbar Puncture Performed Promptly or After Neuroimaging in Acute Bacterial Meningitis in Adults: A Prospective National Cohort Study Evaluating Different Guidelines

Author(s) -

Martin Glimåker,

Jan Sjölin,

Styrbjörn Åkesson,

Pontus Nauclér

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix806

Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar puncture , confidence interval , clinical endpoint , odds ratio , prospective cohort study , neuroimaging , meningitis , guideline , cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , clinical trial , psychiatry , pathology , cerebrospinal fluid

Early treatment is pivotal for favorable outcome in acute bacterial meningitis (ABM). Lumbar puncture (LP) is the diagnostic key. The aim was to evaluate the effect on outcome of adherence to European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and Swedish guidelines regarding neuroimaging before LP.

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