[Use of Boyer's score in the differential diagnosis of meningitis].
Authors have studied reliability of Boyer's score for diagnosis of bacterial versus aseptic meningitis. This score is based upon clinical and biological data easily available in few hours since the patient's admission to hospital. They their have reviewed all cases of meningitis in hospital during the last four years. Boyer's score was very useful and its specificity (100%) and sensitivity (96,50%) were very high. Authors consider this test convenient and reliable for the presumptive diagnosis of the type of meningitis with its' therapeutic implications.
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D001831:Body Temperature; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008581:Meningitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011693:Purpura / Q000209:etiology
Aplicación del "score" de Boyer para el diagnóstico diferencial de las meningitis.