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NIEL F. MIELE, MD
Department of Pediatrics University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital 601 Elmwood Ave, Box 777 Rochester, NY 14642

Am J Dis Child. 1993;147(2):133.

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Sir.—In a recent article, Shattuck and Chonmaitree¹ discussed 177 cases of neonatal meningitis. Their study included 28 infants with bacterial meningitis on day 1 of life. Of these infants, 15 (54%) had negative blood cultures. Since the practice of routine lumbar puncture in the assessment of a neo

Blood Cultures in Neonatal Meningitis No. of Patients With Positive Cerebrospinal Fluid Culture on Day of Life Blood Culture Results 1 2 3-7 8 Negative (n=13) 2 2 5 4 Positive (n=13) 2 1 4 6 nate with possible sepsis has recently been questioned, particularly within 24 hours of birth, the authors advised that this practice not be abandoned.

In the report by Franco et al,² published in the May 1992 issue of AJDC, 26 infants with bacterial meningitis were presented, of whom 13 (50%) did not have positive blood cultures. I am curious about how many of these . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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