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The Role of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Meningitis: A Literature Review

Objective: To review the current published literature on the use of procalcitonin as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in adult patients with meningitis. Methods: We conducted a PubMed search to identify all relevant publications regarding the diagnostic and prognostic value of serum procalcitonin...

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Autores principales:	Velissaris, Dimitrios, Pintea, Martina, Pantzaris, Nikolaos, Spatha, Eirini, Karamouzos, Vassilios, Pierrakos, Charalampos, Karanikolas, Menelaos
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2018
Materias:	Review
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6025317/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29891780 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm7060148

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