Procalcitonin as a Serum Biomarker for Differentiation of Bacterial Meningitis from Viral Meningitis in Children:Evidence from a Meta-Analysis

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 749-764

  Henry, Brandon Michael ^a   Roy, Joyeeta ^a   Ramakrishnan, Piravin Kumar ^a   Vikse, Jens ^a   Tomaszewski, Krzysztof A ^a   Walocha, Jerzy A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

bacterial meningitis; C reactive protein (CRP); children; diagnosis; meta analysis; viral meningitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS MENINGITIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; ODDS RATIO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOMARKERS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84973466897     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922815606414     Document Type: Article

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