Serum C-reactive protein in the differential diagnosis of childhood meningitis

Pediatrics International

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 541-546

  Tatara, Ryohei ^a   Imai, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a Kyoto Min iren Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Diagnostic accuracy; Hoen's model; Receiver operating characteristic analysis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033787360     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-200X.2000.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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