Predictive performance of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of bacterial meningitis after neurosurgery

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 308-314

  Choi, Seong Ho ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^b  

^a Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Meningitis; Neurosurgery; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROCALCITONIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 84887523295     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2013.45.3.308     Document Type: Article

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