Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in bacterial meningitis versus nonbacterial meningitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Wei, Ting Ting ^a   Hu, Zhi De ^a,b   Qin, Bao Dong ^a   Ma, Ning ^a   Tang, Qing Qin ^a   Wang, Li Li ^a   Zhou, Lin ^a   Zhong, Ren Qian ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NORTHERN THEATER COMMAND   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; CALCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MENINGITIS; META ANALYSIS; NONBACTERIAL MENINGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL;

CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84962018987     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000003079     Document Type: Article

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