Title
When Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Assessment Misleads: Basal Meningitis and the Importance of Lumbar Puncture Sampling
Date Issued
01 July 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Khan S.F.
MacAuley T.
Tong S.Y.C.
Xie O.
Hughes C.
Hall N.D.P.
Jennens I.
Street A.C.
Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunit
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infection relies upon analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We present 4 cases of CNS infections associated with basal meningitis and hydrocephalus with normal ventricular CSF but grossly abnormal lumbar CSF. We discuss CSF ventricular-lumbar composition gradients and putative pathophysiological mechanisms and highlight clinical clues for clinicians.
Volume
6
Issue
7
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85084254279
Source
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
ISSN of the container
23288957
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus