title: [C-reactive protein, lactate and LDH isoenzymes in the cerebrospinal fluid in the diagnosis in childhood meningitis].
abstract: C reactive protein lactate and LDH isoenzymes were quantified in CSF of 32 children with meningitis (27 bacterial and 5 viral). Results in cases with bacterial meningitis were as follows. C reactive protein sensitivity was 11.1% and specificity was 100%. Lactate sensitivity was 33.3% and its specificity was 80%. LDH1 and LDH5 had a sensitivity of 44.4%, and specificities of 100 and 60% respectively. Considering these results an has believe that none of these tests is definitive in diagnosis of bacterial meningitis in children.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Pediatría, Hospital General de Galicia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Castro-Gago
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Couce
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Losada
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: González
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: España
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Segade
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D007773:Lactates / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007773:Lactates; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
vernacular_title: La proteína C reactiva, el lactato y los isoenzimas de la LDH a nivel del LCR en el diagnóstico de las meningitis infantiles.