Diagnostic Accuracy of Cerebrospinal Fluid Procalcitonin in Bacterial Meningitis Patients with Empiric Antibiotic Pretreatment

Accurate diagnosis of bacterial meningitis (BM) relies on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) Gram staining and bacterial culture, which often present high false-negative rates because of antibiotic abuse. Thus, a novel and reliable diagnostic biomarker is required. Procalcitonin (PCT) has been well demonstra...

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Publicado no:J Clin Microbiol
Main Authors: Li, Wen, Sun, Xiaolong, Yuan, Fang, Gao, Qiong, Ma, Yue, Jiang, Yongli, Yang, Xiai, Yang, Fang, Ma, Lei, Jiang, Wen
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Bacteriology
Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5377847/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28179405
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02018-16
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