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Procalcitonin in cerebrospinal fluid in meningitis: a prospective diagnostic study
OBJECTIVES: Bacterial meningitis is a severe but treatable condition. Clinical symptoms may be ambiguous and current diagnostics lack sensitivity and specificity, complicating diagnosis. Procalcitonin (PCT) is a protein that is elevated in serum in bacterial infection. We aimed to assess the value o...
Autores principales: | Alons, Imanda M. E., Verheul, Rolf J., Kuipers, Irma, Jellema, Korné, Wermer, Marieke J. H., Algra, Ale, Ponjee, Gabriëlle |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5102643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843698 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.545 |
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