Biochemical, Cytological and Microbiological Profile of Cerebrospinal Fluids Analyzed at the Douala General Hospital Laboratory
Introduction: To investigate whether biochemical, cytological, and microbiological examinations of CSF could predict infection, thus facilitating therapeutic decision-making at the Douala General Hospital laboratory, a retrospective, cross-sectional, and descriptive study was conducted. Our study population included the biological records of patients who underwent biochemical, cytological and microbiological analysis of cerebrospinal fluid analyzed at the Douala General Hospital laboratory between January 1; 2010, and December 31; 2016, 6years period. Method: The sampling technique we used was based on the exhaustive consecutive recruitment of all cerebrospinal fluid results analyzed at the Douala General Hospital laboratory that met the inclusion criteria.
