Serum procalcitonin in Egyptian patients with acute meningitis and a negative direct cerebrospinal fluid examination

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 106-113

  Abdelkader, Nadia A ^a   Mahmoud, Waheed A ^a   Saber, Sally Mohamed ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute meningitis; Negative gram stain; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EGYPT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE MENINGITIS; NEGATIVE GRAM STAIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CALCITONIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DRUG MONITORING; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SERUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896066008     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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