PMID: 16536112Mar 16, 2006Paper

C reactive protein for differentiating bacterial from aseptic meningitis in Thai patients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet Thangphaet
Suchat SirijaichingkulVerajit Chotmongkol

Abstract

To evaluate the efficacy of serum CRP level differentiating between bacterial and aseptic meningitis in Thai patients. The authors measured the serum CRP level in patients who were diagnosed clinically as bacterial and aseptic meningitis. The authors evaluated 32 subjects, 12 with bacterial meningitis (all males) and 20 with aseptic meningitis (13 males, 7 females). The mean serum CRP level in the bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis group was 209.25 +/- 105.34 (range, 65 to 420) and 67.05 +/- 40.81 (range, 10 to 169) mg/L, respectively (p < 0.001). Serum CRP can help differentiate between bacterial and aseptic meningitis.

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