Predictive Performance of Serum Procalcitonin for the Diagnosis of Bacterial Meningitis after Neurosurgery

BACKGROUND: Postoperative bacterial meningitis (PBM) is a serious potential complication after neurosurgery. Early diagnosis and introduction of antimicrobial therapy are necessary to reduce the rate of fatal outcomes from PBM. However, PBM is not easily differentiated from postoperative aseptic men...

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Autores principales: Choi, Seong-Ho, Choi, Sang-Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2013.45.3.308

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848519/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24396632
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2013.45.3.308

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