Serum procalcitonin in Egyptian patients with acute meningitis and a negative direct cerebrospinal fluid examination

• Main Authors: Nadia A. Abdelkader (Author), Waheed A. Mahmoud (Author), Sally Mohamed Saber (Author)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Elsevier, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary: Background: To reduce the morbidity and mortality related to bacterial meningitis, it is important to discriminate bacterial meningitis from aseptic meningitis during the acute phase of the disease, when the clinical symptoms are often similar. Objectives: To test the reliability of serum p...