Direct comparison of the diagnostic accuracy between blood and cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin levels in patients with meningitis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 16-17, 2015, Pages 1079-1082

  Shen, Hong Yuan ^a   Gao, Wei ^b   Cheng, Juan Juan ^a   Zhao, Shi Di ^a   Sun, Yi ^c   Han, Zhi Jun ^a   Hua, Jun ^a  

^a WUXI NO 2 PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Wuxi New District Phoenix Hospital   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomarker; CSF; Meningitis; PCT

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SERUM;

CALCITONIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 84947027509     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.06.017     Document Type: Article

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