No doubt, the distinguishing between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in the emergency department could help to limit unnecessary antibiotic use and hospital admissions. This study evaluated the role of cerebrospinal fluid IL-8 in differentiating acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) from aseptic meningitis (AM). A total of 80 hospitalized patients with clinical presentations of suspected acute meningitis were subjected to estimation of IL-8 CSF concentrations. The results showed that CSF IL-8 levels were higher in acute bacterial meningitis than in aseptic ones (p <0.05). The best cut-off value of CSF IL8 for early diagnosis of bacterial meningitis was 3.6ng/ml with a sensitivity of 82.5% and a specificity of 85.0%.
ABDELMOEZ, A., ZAKY, D., & MAHER, A. (2014). ROLE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IL-8 AS A MARKER FOR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACUTE BACTERIAL AND ASEPTIC MENINGITIS. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44(1), 205-210. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90739
MLA
AMAL TOHAMY ABDELMOEZ; DOAA ZAKARIA ZAKY; AMANY M. MAHER. "ROLE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IL-8 AS A MARKER FOR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACUTE BACTERIAL AND ASEPTIC MENINGITIS", Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44, 1, 2014, 205-210. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90739
HARVARD
ABDELMOEZ, A., ZAKY, D., MAHER, A. (2014). 'ROLE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IL-8 AS A MARKER FOR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACUTE BACTERIAL AND ASEPTIC MENINGITIS', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 44(1), pp. 205-210. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90739
VANCOUVER
ABDELMOEZ, A., ZAKY, D., MAHER, A. ROLE OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IL-8 AS A MARKER FOR DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN ACUTE BACTERIAL AND ASEPTIC MENINGITIS. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2014; 44(1): 205-210. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2014.90739
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