title: Bacterial cause of suspected meningitis cannot be safely excluded without cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Talan
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000175:diagnosis