- Original Article
- Applying the bacterial meningitis score in children with cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis: a single center's experience
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Jungpyo Lee, Hyeeun Kwon, Joon Soo Lee, Heung Dong Kim, Hoon-Chul Kang
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Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(7):251-255. Published online July 22, 2015
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Purpose The widespread introduction of bacterial conjugate vaccines has decreased the risk of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis due to bacterial meningitis (BM) in children. However, most patients with CSF pleocytosis are hospitalized and treated with parenteral antibiotics for several days. The bacterial meningitis score (BMS) is a validated multivariate model derived from a pediatric population in the postconjugate vaccine era and... |
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