Cerebrospinal fluid xanthochromia in acute bacterial meningitis as a red herring for subarachnoid haemorrhage: A case report.
dc.contributor.author | Akbari, Amir R | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-12T14:19:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-12-12T14:19:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Adesokan & Akbari. Afr. J. Clin. Exper. Microbiol. 2022; 23 (4): 442 - 445 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/16055 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article presents a case that highlights the importance of excluding underlying intracranial pathology in a patient presenting with severe headache and positive xanthochromia. This case report demonstrated that false-positive xanthochromia without subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is possible in acute bacterial meningitis when there is a combination of traumatic lumbar puncture and either hyperbilirubinaemia or raised cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) protein. | |
dc.description.uri | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajcem/article/view/234658 | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology | en_US |
dc.subject | Cerebrospinal fluid | en_US |
dc.subject | Acute bacterial meningitis | en_US |
dc.subject | Subarachnoid haemorrhage | en_US |
dc.subject | Xanthochromia | en_US |
dc.title | Cerebrospinal fluid xanthochromia in acute bacterial meningitis as a red herring for subarachnoid haemorrhage: A case report. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en_US |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.4314/ajcem.v23i4.13 | en_US |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2022-12-12T14:19:52Z | |
refterms.panel | Unspecified | en_US |
html.description.abstract | This article presents a case that highlights the importance of excluding underlying intracranial pathology in a patient presenting with severe headache and positive xanthochromia. This case report demonstrated that false-positive xanthochromia without subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) is possible in acute bacterial meningitis when there is a combination of traumatic lumbar puncture and either hyperbilirubinaemia or raised cerebrospinal fluids (CSF) protein. | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder.project | 94a427429a5bcfef7dd04c33360d80cd | en_US |