Acute meningitis in the pediatric emergency department: Diagnostic yield of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 849-850

  Casado, María Isabel Morales ^a   Alonso, Fernando Moreno ^a   Pinedo, Begoña Losada ^a   Julián Jiménez, Agustín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITALIZATION; LETTER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS MENINGITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84930242660     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000273     Document Type: Letter

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