title: [The cerebrospinal fluid in bacterial meningitis].
abstract: Samples of 1815 cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were studied in a meningitis outbreak during 1989 in São Paulo, Brazil. Neisseria meningitis 56% with 44% type B, Haemophilus influenzae 17%, from which 72% in children (days to 3-year-old) and Streptococcus pneumoniae 14% from which 60% in children (day to 1-year-old) of 443 (24%) of all strains. Cytochemistry study showed: purulent or turbidity aspects in 70 to 79% positive bacterioscopy or culture of CSF; white cells count > 500/mm3; glucose < 45 mg/dl; protein > 90 mg/dl in 90% of all patients. We concluded that: CSF prognostic factors: (aspect and cytochemistry) were correlated with bacterial meningitis. Bacterioscopy and positive cultures were correlated to NM, SP and HI isolation from these patients (Goodman Test).
authors.affiliation: Hospital Emiílio Ribas, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: de Campos
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Damião
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Kushnaroff
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: de Campos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008583:Meningitis, Haemophilus / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000382:microbiology; D008585:Meningitis, Meningococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000382:microbiology; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000382:microbiology; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Aspectos dos líquidos cefalorraquidianos nas meningites bacterianas.