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Lumbar puncture clinical features and physicians' predictions could not safely exclude a contraindication to lumbar puncture Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date April 2004 Meningitis PCR of blood may help diagnosis. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis positive Gram stain and initial observations may help differential diagnosis. Level of evidence 2c Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis reagent strips helped diagnose. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date June 2003 Meningitis latex agglutination may help diagnose bacterial meningitis but not rule it out Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis a positive leukocyte-esterase test made bacterial meningitis more likely Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis PCR may help diagnose meningococcal meningitis Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis lack of jolt accentuation helped rule out pleocytosis Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis latex agglutination tests may help identify the infecting organism Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis fever, neck stiffness and altered mental state were common. Level of evidence 2a Expiry Date November 2003 Meningitis Multiplex viral PCR appears excellent in diagnosis Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date September 2003 Meningitis aseptic: motor symptoms were common Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date November 2003