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- Published on: 23 September 2009
- Published on: 4 September 2009
- Published on: 23 September 2009Re: Bulging fontanelle in febrile infants: lumbar puncture is mandatoryShow More
Dear Editor, We thank doctors Beri and Hussain for their comments. They disagree with the suggestion of withholding a lumbar puncture in a specific subset of infants with fever and bulging fontanelle. One of the points they raised is that cases with aseptic meningitis will be missed. However, the purpose of performing a lumbar puncture in infants with fever and bulging fontanelle is not to diagnose aseptic meningitis but...
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None declared. - Published on: 4 September 2009Bulging fontanelle in febrile infants: lumbar puncture is mandatoryShow More
We read with interest the study by Shacham et al [1]. Out of 153 children with fever and bulging fontanelle, only one child had bacterial meningitis. However we disagree with their suggestion of withholding lumbar puncture in this group of children. In their cohort, 41 out of 153 children had aseptic meningitis but CSF viral cultures and PCR studies were only done in children who have received antibiotics and had an abn...
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