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meningitis and encephalitis, which may be viral, bacterial, fungal, or parasitic infections metastatic tumors (e.g., leukemia) and central nervous system tumors that shed cells into the CSF syphilis, a sexually transmitted bacterial disease bleeding (hemorrhaging) in the brain and spinal cord ...
The test was not sensitive enough for early differentiation between bacterial and viral meningitis. The test also did not add extra information regarding aetiology in partially treated meningitis.doi:10.1080/02724936.1986.11748407Shaltout, AEl-Shirbiny, A...
Recently procalcitonin has been used for diagnosis of serious bacterial infections like bacterial meningitis. We conducted a prospective study in children for evaluation of procalcitonin in differential diagnosis of acute bacterial and viral meningitis. Materials and Methods: In a prospective process ...
At least 60 min prior to an LP for comparison CSF glucose ___% of serum glucose 60 If CSF glucose is normal, but pt. still symptomatic, most likely bacterial or viral? Viral If CSF glucose is low, most likely? Bacterial, specifically worry about acute bacterial meningitis Normal CSF gluco...
CSF lactate dehydrogenase (LD, LDH)—used to differentiate between bacterial and viral meningitis; the level is usually increased with bacterial meningitis and not with viral meningitis; may also be elevated with leukemia or stroke. Tumor markers—carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), alpha-fetoprotein (AFP...
Samples of patients positive for HCV, HIV and bacterial and viral encephalitis and meningitis were excluded from the study. Samples of patients affected by suspected or definite multiple sclerosis were not included in the present study, as they will be discussed in a dedicated paper. We used ...
The cerebrospinal fluid concentration of Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was studied in patients with pyogenic and tubercular meningitis. Significant increase in LDH level (P<0.001) were observed in the test group when compared to the control group. LDH may useful in differentiating viral from other men...
After the findings are similar to migraine pathophysiology, symptomatic explanation secondary to aseptic meningitis due to viral or inflammatory etiology has been a research target. For example, investigation pertains to autoimmune cross-reactivity between inflammatory or viral disease-causing autoantibod...
(1) HIV infection, meningitis, brain abscess, prion diseases, cerebral malaria, brain tumor, or a diagnosis of a non-infectious central nervous system disease, such as acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis (ADEM). (2) Patients with laboratory evidence of infectious encephalitis, e.g. viral, ...