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The goal of this study was to test the performance of the Rule of 7\u2032s in a multicenter cohort of children with CSF pleocytosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We performed a retrospective cohort study of children evaluated at 1 of 3 emergency departments located in Lyme disease\u2013endemic areas with CSF pleocytosis and Lyme serology obtained. Lyme meningitis was defined using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria (either positive Lyme serology test result or an erythema migrans [EM] rash). We calculated the performance of the Rule of 7\u2032s in our overall study population and in children without physician-documented EM.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>We identified 423 children, of whom 117 (28% [95% confidence interval (CI): 24%\u201332%]) had Lyme meningitis, 306 (72% [95% CI: 68%\u201376%]) had aseptic meningitis, and 0 (95% CI: 0%\u20131%) had bacterial meningitis. Of the 130 classified as low risk, 5 had Lyme meningitis (sensitivity, 112 of 117 [96% (95% CI: 90%\u201399%)]; specificity, 125 of 302 [41% (95% CI: 36%\u201347%)]). In the 390 children without EM, 3 of the 127 low-risk patients had Lyme meningitis (2% [95% CI: 0%\u20137%]).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients classified as low risk by using the Rule of 7\u2032s were unlikely to have Lyme meningitis and could be managed as outpatients while awaiting results of Lyme serology tests.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2011-1215","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,12,20]],"date-time":"2011-12-20T02:06:35Z","timestamp":1324346795000},"page":"e46-e53","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["Validation of a Clinical Prediction Rule to Distinguish Lyme Meningitis From Aseptic Meningitis"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"129","author":[{"given":"Keri A.","family":"Cohn","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Children\u2019s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amy D.","family":"Thompson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Nemours\/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Jefferson Medical College, Wilmington, Delaware"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samir S.","family":"Shah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children\u2019s Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"},{"name":"Departments of Pediatrics and Biostatistics and Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"},{"name":"Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth M.","family":"Hines","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children\u2019s Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Todd W.","family":"Lyons","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Children\u2019s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elizabeth J.","family":"Welsh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Children\u2019s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"},{"name":"Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children\u2019s Hospital Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lise E.","family":"Nigrovic","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Emergency Medicine"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Children\u2019s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"417","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,1,1]]},"reference":[{"issue":"19","key":"2021120902582498300_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2700","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1989.03430190084036","article-title":"Differential diagnosis of acute meningitis. 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