The uselessness of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of focal bacterial central nervous system infection.
J Infect Chemother
; 21(8): 620-2, 2015 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-25971424
ABSTRACT
We investigated the utility of procalcitonin in early diagnosis of bacterial central nervous system (CNS) infection. Serum procalcitonin level was markedly elevated in the patients with systemic meningitis but not in the patients with brain abscess and subdural empyema. Procalcitonin may be useless to diagnose focal bacterial CNS infection.
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Assunto principal:
Precursores de Proteínas
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Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Infecções Estreptocócicas
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Empiema Subdural
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Abscesso Encefálico
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Calcitonina
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Meningites Bacterianas
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Infecções por Haemophilus
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article