Early differentiation of Lyme from enteroviral meningitis.

作者: Samir S. Shah , Theoklis E. Zaoutis , Jacob Turnquist , Richard L. Hodinka , Susan E. Coffin

DOI: 10.1097/01.INF.0000164767.73746.6E

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摘要: Background:Differentiating Lyme meningitis from enteroviral remains difficult because both occur mostly in the summer and early fall. This distinction is clinically important pathogen-specific diagnostic test results are not available immediately only patients with mening

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