RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Latex agglutination testing in bacterial meningitis.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 160
OP 161
DO 10.1136/adc.73.2.160
VO 73
IS 2
A1 F O Finlay
A1 H Witherow
A1 P T Rudd
YR 1995
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/73/2/160.abstract
AB The value of the latex agglutination test in meningitis was assessed. This was positive in 60% cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 93% of Haemophilus influenzae type b, and 39% of Neisseria meningitidis infections. We cannot support the view that this test was more valuable than Gram staining in partially treated meningitis and cannot recommend its routine use. It may, however, be valuable if Gram staining does not identify an organism or if it suggests meningococcal infection.