Diagnostic value of serum and Cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin in differentiation bacterial from Aseptic meningitis

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 93-97

  Makoo, Zhinous Bayat ^a   Soltani, Hamid Reza ^b   Hasani, Akbar ^b   Makoo, Roshanak Bayat ^c   Mashrabi, Omid ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Bacterial meningitis; C reactive protein (CRP); Diagnosing acute; Etiological factors; Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH); Lymphocyte meningitis; Morbidity rates; Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Serum procalcitonin; Statistical data's

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960398138     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2010.93.97     Document Type: Article

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