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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Veröffentlicht in:J Clin Microbiol
Hauptverfasser: Li, Wen, Sun, Xiaolong, Yuan, Fang, Gao, Qiong, Ma, Yue, Jiang, Yongli, Yang, Xiai, Yang, Fang, Ma, Lei, Jiang, Wen
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Bacteriology
Online Zugang: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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