Measurement of procalcitonin levels in children with bacterial or viral meningitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1240-1242

  Gendrel, Dominique ^a   Raymond, Josette ^b   Assicot, Marcel ^b   Moulin, Florence ^b   Iniguez, Jean Luc ^b   Lebon, Pierre ^b   Bohuon, Claude ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0030949339     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513633     Document Type: Article

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