Mean platelet volume in the differential diagnosis of tuberculous and bacterial meningitis
Author(s) -
Carlos R. Cámara-Lemarroy,
Guillermo DelgadoGarcía,
Juan Gilberto De la Cruz-Gonzalez,
Hector J Villareal-Velazquez,
Fernando GóngoraRivera
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.7478
Subject(s) - mean platelet volume , medicine , differential diagnosis , tuberculous meningitis , bacterial meningitis , meningitis , volume (thermodynamics) , platelet , pathology , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
Mean platelet volume (MPV) has been shown to reflect the inflammatory burden in different inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Our objective was to analyze the MPV in patients with tuberculous (TBM) and bacterial meningitis (BM).
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