Title: Rapid detection of bacterial meningitis using point-of-care glucometer<br/>Author: WanTsu Wendy Chang<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1322/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><div>
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<strong>Rapid detection of bacterial meningitis using point-of-care glucometer</strong></div>
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CSF:blood glucose ratio is a useful characteristic in differentiating bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis. </li>
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Normal CSF glucose is at least 2/3 of serum glucose level.</li>
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In bacterial meningitis, CSF:blood glucose ratio is usually <0.4</li>
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Rousseau <em>et al</em>. conducted a study comparing CSF:blood glucose ratio obtained using a bedside glucometer with the laboratory.</li>
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They found the optimal cutoff of CSF:blood glucose ratio using a bedside glucometer is 0.46 compared to 0.44 using the laboratory.</li>
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This proof-of-concept study suggests that <em><strong>a point-of-care glucometer can be used for rapid diagnosis of abnormal CSF:blood glucose ratio in the evaluation of meningitis</strong></em>.</li>
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Rousseau G, Asmolov R, Grammatico-Guillon L, et al. Rapid detection of bacterial meningitis using a point-of-care glucometer. Eur J Emerg Med 2017 Aug 10. [Epub ahead of print]</div>
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