Cerebrospinal Fluid Viscosity: A Novel Diagnostic Measure for Acute Meningitis

YETKİN F., Kayabas U., Ersoy Y., Bayindir Y., Toplu S., Tek I.

SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.103, sa.9, ss.892-895, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 103 Sayı: 9
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/smj.0b013e3181ebe260
  • Dergi Adı: SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.892-895
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: aseptic meningitis, bacterial meningitis, cerebrospinal fluid protein, cerebrospinal fluid viscosity, plasma viscosity, EXUDATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION, BACTERIAL-MENINGITIS, ADULTS
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Introduction: Early diagnosis of acute meningitis has paramount importance in clinical practice because of mortality and morbidity of the disease. Examination of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has critical value for the diagnosis of acute meningitis and discrimination of bacterial and aseptic meningitis. It has been previously reported that plasma viscosity can be used as an inflammatory marker. In this study we aimed to evaluate the role of CSF viscosity as a complementary measure for diagnosis of meningitis in suspected patients.