THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SERUM C-REACTIVE PROTEIN ESTIMATION IN ACUTE MENINGITIS IN ADULTS
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 30
Abstract
In the study of 50 cases of acute meningitis the following observations were made in sex incidence, age, clinical presentation, CSF analysis and serum C reactive protein levels and prognosis. Serum CRP level of less than 6 mg/l with signs of meningeal infection is a definitive indicative of viral meningitis and CRP levels more than 48 mg/l with clinical signs of meningeal infection is definite indication of bacterial meningitis. AIM OF THE STUDY: to evaluate the efficacy of serum C - reactive protein in differentiating bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis.
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Konatham Rambabu, Kathyayani M. K. M
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- DOI 10.18410/jebmh/2015/630
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