Serum procalcitonin in septic meningitis

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 365-370

  Prasad, Rajniti ^a   Kapoor, Rishi ^a   Mishra, Om Prakash ^a   Srivastava, Ragini ^a   Kant Singh, Utpal ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Nalanda Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Aseptic meningitis; Septic meningitis; Serum procalcitonin(PCT)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC MENINGITIS;

CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84887452420     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-012-0933-3     Document Type: Article

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