Low sensitivity of serum procalcitonin in bacterial meningitis in adults

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-218

  Hoffmann, O ^a   Reuter, U ^a   Masuhr, F ^a   Holtkamp, M ^a   Kassim, N ^a   Weber, J R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035093761     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540151060905     Document Type: Article

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