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How can doctors tell the difference between bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis?
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Lumbar Puncture: Though the history can be similar- the profile on the lumbar puncture usually will aallow differentiation.
Answered 3/20/2015
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Cerebrospinal fluid: CSF analysis will distinguish between bacterial and viral causes. Also CSF cultures most probably will be positive in bacterial cultures.
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