Cerebrospinal Fluid Glucose in Bacterial Meningitis

Introduction and Objectives To compare cerebrospinal fluid/blood glucose ratio to absolute cerebrospinal fluid glucose as tools for diagnosing bacterial meningitis. Normal cerebrospinal glucose (>50 mg/dL) is about 70-75% of blood glucose but it can be severely decreased due to bacterial cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Isabel Brito, Francisco Abecasis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Portuguesa de Pediatria 2020-04-01
Series:Portuguese Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://pjp.spp.pt//article/view/18463