Predominant enteroviral serotypes causing meningitis
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Enteroviral meningitis without pleocytosis in children.
OBJECTIVES This study aims to describe the clinical characteristics of enteroviral meningitis in association with the absence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis. DESIGN This was a retrospective analysis of databases of patients diagnosed with enteroviral meningitis by CSF reverse transcription-PCR testing. Presence of CSF non-pleocytosis at each age group was analysed by use of the two ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.78.4.373