Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin in Bacterial Meningitis Versus Nonbacterial Meningitis A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Several studies have investigated the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) levels in blood or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in bacterial meningitis (BM), but the results were heterogeneous. The aim of the present study was to ascertain the diagnostic accuracy of PCT as a marker for BM detection. A...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Medicine (Baltimore) Jg. 95; H. 11; S. e3079
Hauptverfasser:	Wei, Ting-Ting, Hu, Zhi-De, Qin, Bao-Dong, Ma, Ning, Tang, Qing-Qin, Wang, Li-Li, Zhou, Lin, Zhong, Ren-Qian
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	United States Wolters Kluwer Health 01.03.2016
Schlagworte:	Calcitonin - blood Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Diagnosis, Differential Humans Meningitis, Bacterial - blood Meningitis, Bacterial - diagnosis Protein Precursors - blood Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
ISSN:	0025-7974, 1536-5964, 1536-5964
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