title: Cerebrospinal fluid/blood glucose should be used as a good diagnostic tool and mortality indicator in bacterial meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: drtbpmh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatipoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Asim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulcay
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz Eray
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Gokce
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, GATA Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Vedat
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Turhan
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005947:Glucose