Diagnostic value of serum procalcitonin level in differentiating bacterial from nonbacterial meningitis in children

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 735-740

  Umran, Raid M R ^a   Radhi, Nabeel Hashim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KUFA   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Bacterial meningitis; C reactive protein; Nonbacterial; Procalcitonon; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922432818     PISSN: 20082142     EISSN: 20082150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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