C reactive protein for differentiating bacterial from aseptic meningitis in Thai patients.
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in English
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| ID: sea-38640
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the efficacy of serum CRP level differentiating between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in Thai patients. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
The authors measured the serum CRP level in patients who were diagnosed clinically as bacterial and aseptic meningitis.RESULTS:
The authors evaluated 32 subjects, 12 with bacterial meningitis (all males) and 20 with aseptic meningitis (13 males, 7 females). The mean serum CRP level in the bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis group was 209.25 +/- 105.34 (range, 65 to 420) and 67.05 +/- 40.81 (range, 10 to 169) mg/L, respectively (p < 0.001).CONCLUSIONS:
Serum CRP can help differentiate between bacterial and aseptic meningitis.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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C-Reactive Protein
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Latex Fixation Tests
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Prospective Studies
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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