title: [Limulus test in diagnosis of acute meningitis (author's transl)].
abstract: We tried to evaluate the utility of the Limulus Test in the diagnosis of acute meningitis. The study was made in 60 patients divided in three groups: Group A, formed by 37 children affected by purulent meningitis of known etiology; Group B, formed by 10 children affected by purulent meningitis of unknown etiology; Group C, formed by 13 children with viral meningitis. The results were compared with a control group (Group D), of 10 healthy children. The results correlated with the etiology, the cuantitative count of germs/ml. in C.S.F. and the clinical evolution. The results indicated that the Test is a rapid, simple and useful tool for the detection of endotoxin in the C.S.F. of purulent meningitis caused by Gram negative germs.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008033:Limulus Test; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification*
vernacular_title: "Test" del limulus en las meningitis agudas en pediatría.