• Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. · Sep 2013

    The bacterial meningitis score to distinguish bacterial from aseptic meningitis in children from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    • Eduardo Mekitarian Filho, Sérgio Massaru Horita, Alfredo Elias Gilio, Anna Cláudia Dominguez Alves, and Lise E Nigrovic.
    • From the *Pediatric Emergency Department, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and †Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
    • Pediatr. Infect. Dis. J. 2013 Sep 1;32(9):1026-9.

    AbstractIn a retrospective cohort of 494 children with meningitis in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Bacterial Meningitis Score identified all the children with bacterial meningitis (sensitivity 100%, 95% confidence interval: 92-100% and negative predictive value 100%, 95% confidence interval: 98-100%). Addition of cerebrospinal fluid lactate to the score did not improve clinical prediction rule performance.

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