caa a22 4500 477067999 CHVBK 20180405111417.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02823870 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02823870 C-reactive protein in childhood meningitides [Elektronische Daten] [Harish Pemde, Kamlesh Harish, Y. Thawrani, S. Shrivastava, K. Belapurkar] Utility of C-reactive protein (CRP) latex agglutination test in meningitis was evaluated. Serum CRP test was positive in 100% cases of meningitic groups and 53% cases of "no meaningitis (NM)” group. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) CRP test was positive in 100% cases of pyogenic meningitis, whereas it was negative in 95% cases of tuberculous meningitis and 100% cases of NM group. CSF CRP test showed 100% sensitivity and negativbe predictive values, 95-100% specificity and 94-100% positive predictive values for various inter-group differentiations. This study conclluded that CSF CRP positive cases should be considered as pyogenic meningitis unless proved otherwise. Routine use of this simple, reliable and inexpensive test is recommended for rapid diagnosis and differential diagnosis f meningitis. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 C-reactive protein nationallicence Cerebrospinal fluid nationallicence Meningitis nationallicence Pemde Harish Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut Harish Kamlesh Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut Thawrani Y. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut Shrivastava S. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut Belapurkar K. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 73-77 0019-5456 63:1<73 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823870 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02823870 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pemde Harish Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harish Kamlesh Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thawrani Y. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shrivastava S. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Belapurkar K. Department of Pathology and Professor, Department, J.A. Group of Hospitals and Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/1(1996-01-01), 73-77 0019-5456 63:1<73 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer