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Are New Biomarkers Useful in the Diagnosis of Meningitis in Adults?

BACKGROUND: Meningitis is infection of the central nervous system with high mortality and morbidity in adults. Markers for diagnostic purposes can therefore be useful guides in differential diagnosis. Procalcitonin (PCT), platelet distribution width (PDW) and red blood cell distribution width (RDW)...

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Autores principales: Aksoy, Firdevs, Yilmaz, Gürdal, Aydin, Nurten Nur, Kaya, Selcuk, Karahan, Süleyman Caner, Koksal, Iftihar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631614/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.701