Cerebrospinal fluid lactate level in childhood purulent meningitis.
No Thumbnail Available
Date
1983-06-01
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Cerebrospinal fluid lactate was determined in 54 pediatric patients by means of enzymatic method of Marbach and Weil. The mean value of cerebrospinal fluid lactate in 13 purulent meningitis patients was 80.4 mg/dl, in 9 clinical purulent meningitis patients was 72.7 mg/dl, in 18 non-purulent meningitis patients and 14 controls were 17.0 and 11.8 mg/dl respectively. The present study demonstrated that a cerebrospinal fluid lactate level of 35 mg/dl may be used as a cut off point to differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial infection of the central nervous system. It should served as a supplementary aid to clinical examinations and conventional methods to diagnose bacterial meningitis.
Description
The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
Keywords
Citation
Vanprapar N, Chavalittamrong B, Limsathayurat N. Cerebrospinal fluid lactate level in childhood purulent meningitis. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1983 Jun; 14(2): 186-90