Serum procalcitonin in viral and bacterial meningitis

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-18

  Alkholi, Usama M ^a   Abd Al Monem, Nermin ^a   Abd El Azim, Ayman A ^a   Sultan, Mohamed H ^a  

^a ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Meningitis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 79952911307     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.77290     Document Type: Article

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