Finlay F O, Witherow H, Rudd P T
Royal United Hospital, Bath.
Arch Dis Child. 1995 Aug;73(2):160-1. doi: 10.1136/adc.73.2.160.
The value of the latex agglutination test in meningitis was assessed. This was positive in 60% cases of Streptococcus pneumoniae, 93% of Haemophilus influenzae type b, and 39% of Neisseria meningitidis infections. We cannot support the view that this test was more valuable than Gram staining in partially treated meningitis and cannot recommend its routine use. It may, however, be valuable if Gram staining does not identify an organism or if it suggests meningococcal infection.
评估了乳胶凝集试验在脑膜炎中的价值。该试验在60%的肺炎链球菌病例、93%的b型流感嗜血杆菌病例以及39%的脑膜炎奈瑟菌感染病例中呈阳性。我们不支持该试验在部分治疗的脑膜炎中比革兰氏染色更有价值的观点,也不建议常规使用。然而,如果革兰氏染色未能鉴定出病原体或提示脑膜炎球菌感染,该试验可能有价值。