Clinical Presentation of Patients with Aseptic Meningitis, Factors Influencing Treatment and Hospitalization, and Consequences of Enterovirus Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing | Zendy

Glenn Patriquin | Zendy; Jill Hatchette | Zendy; Kevin R. Forward | Zendy

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Clinical Presentation of Patients with Aseptic Meningitis, Factors Influencing Treatment and Hospitalization, and Consequences of Enterovirus Cerebrospinal Fluid Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing

Author(s) -

Glenn Patriquin,

Jill Hatchette,

Kevin R. Forward

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2012/378432

Subject(s) - medicine , aseptic meningitis , enterovirus , retrospective cohort study , meningitis , etiology , pediatrics , cerebrospinal fluid , glasgow coma scale , viral meningitis , surgery , immunology , virus , bacterial meningitis

Clinical and laboratory features of enteroviral meningitis may overlap with those of bacterial meningitis. In the present retrospective review, we compared features of enteroviral (EV)-positive and -negative patients to determine those that were most influential in admission, discharge and in anti-infective administration.

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