Complex sentence: A lumbar puncture (LP) is necessary to diagnose meningitis.Cerebral-spinal fluid (CSF) culture is the most important study for the diagnosis of neonatal bacterial meningitis because clinical signs are non-specific and unreliable.
Split into simpler sentences: A lumbar puncture (LP) is necessary to diagnose meningitis. Cerebralspinal fluid (CSF) culture is the most important study for the diagnosis of neonatal bacterial meningitis because clinical signs are non-specific and unreliable.