Procalcitonin, a new marker of bacterial meningitis in childhood;La procalcitonine, indicateur d'infection bactérienne dans les méningites de l'enfant

Bulletin de l'Academie Nationale de Medecine

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1469-1477

  Bohuon, Claude ^a   Assicot, Marcel ^a   Raymond, Josette ^b   Gendrel, Dominique ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial infectons; Biological markers; C reactive protein; Calcitonin, blood; Critical illness; Infant; Interleukin 6; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0032274977     PISSN: 00014079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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