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Diagnosis of major bacterial causes of culture negative meningitis /

Salma Mohammed Abdelaleem Mahmoud

Diagnosis of major bacterial causes of culture negative meningitis / تـشخيص الأسباب البكتيريّة الرئيسية للإلتهاب السحائي السلبي للمزرعة Salma Mohammed Abdelaleem Mahmoud ; Supervised Mikhail Nasr Mikhail , Ashraf Elsayed Abdelhamied - Cairo : Salma Mohammed Abdelaleem Mahmoud , 2014 - 117 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Microbiology and Immunology

The study included 250 patients admitted to fever hospitals in Egypt with suspected clinical signs and symptoms of bacterial meningitis, their age ranged from three months up to eleven years. CSF samples isolated from patients were transported to the central health laboratories for confirmation of diagnosis. Physical, cytological, chemical examination for glucose and total protein concentration. Gram stained smear, culture on blood and chocolate agar were done



Back ground Bacteriology of acute bacterial meningitis Epidemiology of acute bacterial meningitis