Elevated lactate levels in the cerebrospinal fluid associated with bacterial meningitis

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¹ Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK; Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, National Institute for Health Research, UK.
² Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
⁴ Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK. Electronic address: sowsan.atabani@phe.gov.uk.

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Andrew Bosworth et al. J Infect. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;79(4):389-399.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jun 13.

¹ Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK; Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections, National Institute for Health Research, UK.
² Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK.
³ Department of Biochemistry, Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
⁴ Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Public Health England, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands B9 5SS, UK. Electronic address: sowsan.atabani@phe.gov.uk.

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Keywords: Biochemistry; Cerebrospinal fluid; Clinical virology; Lactate; Meningitis; encephalitis.

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