Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of meningococcal disease in children presenting with fever and a rash

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 282-285

  Carrol, E D ^a   Newland, P ^a   Riordan, F A I ^a   Thomson, A P J ^a   Curtis, N ^a   Hart, C A ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; PATIENT CODING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXANTHEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036213462     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.86.4.282     Document Type: Article

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