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Pediatr Emerg Care
; 37(5): e227-e229, 2021 May 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30422943
RESUMO
ABSTRACT: In our cohort of 20,947 infants aged 60 days or younger, cerebrospinal fluid Gram stain had a sensitivity of 34.3% (95% confidence interval, 28.1%-41.1%) and a positive predictive value of 61.4% (95% confidence interval, 52.2%-69.8%) for positive cerebrospinal fluid culture, suggesting that Gram stain alone may lead to both underdiagnosis and overdiagnosis of bacterial meningitis.