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Infectious diseases

a diagnostic rule from age, blood white cell count, illness duration, CSF white cell count and neutrophil proportion that separates tuberculous from bacterial meningitis.

In infectious diseases, Thwaites index refers to a diagnostic rule from age, blood white cell count, illness duration, CSF white cell count and neutrophil proportion that separates tuberculous from bacterial meningitis. This meaning comes from Thwaites (2002) in The Lancet.[1]

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References

  1. Thwaites, G., Chau, T., Stepniewska, K., Phu, N., Chuong, L., Sinh, D., White, N., Parry, C., & Farrar, J. (2002). Diagnosis of adult tuberculous meningitis by use of clinical and laboratory features. The Lancet, 360(9342), 1287-1292. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(02)11318-3

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