Bulging Fontanelle and Need for Lumbar Puncture
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Bulging fontanelle in febrile infants: lumbar puncture is mandatory.
We read with interest the study by Shacham et al.1 Out of 153 children with fever and bulging fontanelle, only one child had bacterial meningitis. However, we disagree with their suggestion of withholding lumbar puncture in this group of children. In their cohort, 41 out of 153 children had aseptic meningitis; however, cerebrospinal fl uid (CSF) viral cultures and PCR studies were only done in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-23-10-9