Date | Author | Number in study | Number with lumbar puncture | Number with bacterial meningitis | Number with viral meningitis |
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*Policy to lumbar puncture all cases, number of unsuccessful lumbar punctures not stated. | |||||
1980 | Lorber26 | 452 | 304 (67%) | 14 (3.1%) | 1 |
1981 | Jaffe25 | 562 | All* | 6 (1%) | 17 (3%) |
1983 | Joffe18 | 254 | 241 (95%) | 13 (5.1%) (In 2 CSF was sterile) | ?2 |
1990 | McIntyre27 | 307 | 154 (50%) | 2 (0.6%) (1 diagnosed later on repeat lumbar puncture) | 3 |
1992 | Offringa19 | 309 | 171 (55%) | 21 (6.7%) (In 5 cases the CSF was sterile) | 2 |