title: Lumbar puncture is not needed for all patients suspected to have viral meningitis.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Wendy A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ciovacco
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Baraff
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*