Cerebrospinal fluid ferritin in children with viral and bacterial meningitis.

In conclusion, this study suggests that CSF ferritin concentration is an accurate test for the early differentiation of bacterial and aseptic meningitis; however, further investigation on a larger cohort of patients is required to confirm this finding. PMID: 24273895 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: British Journal of Biomedical Science - Category: Laboratory Medicine Tags: Br J Biomed Sci Source Type: research