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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Pubblicato in:J Clin Microbiol
Autori principali: Li, Wen, Sun, Xiaolong, Yuan, Fang, Gao, Qiong, Ma, Yue, Jiang, Yongli, Yang, Xiai, Yang, Fang, Ma, Lei, Jiang, Wen
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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Bacteriology
Accesso online: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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