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More lumbar punctures, please!
  1. A Finn
  1. University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Adam.Finn@bristol.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.2.177

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    Applause to Kneen et al1 and Riordan and Cant2 for reminding us of the value of lumbar puncture in suspected meningitis. To their arguments I would add that, while the matter may end after seven days’ intravenous antibiotic treatment as far as the admitting paediatrician is concerned, it certainly does not for the child or parents of many children who have …

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