Procalcitonin as a potential predicting factor for prognosis in bacterial meningitis

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• 作者：Bong Soo Park<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>1sup> ; Si Eun Kim<sup>bsup><sup> ; sup><sup>1sup> ; Si Hyung Park<sup>asup> ; Jinseung Kim<sup>csup> ; Kyong Jin Shin<sup>bsup> ; Sam Yeol Ha<sup>bsup> ; JinSe Park<sup>bsup> ; Sung Eun Kim<sup>bsup> ; Byung In Lee<sup>bsup> ; Kang Min Park<sup>bsup><sup> ; sup><sup>smilepkm@hanmail.netsup>
• 关键词：Bacteria ; Virus ; Procalcitonin ; Death
• 刊名：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：36
• 期：Complete
• 页码：129-133
• 全文大小：250 K
• 卷排序：36

文摘

We investigate the potential role of procalcitonin in management of bacterial meningitis. Procalcitonin is a useful marker for differentiating bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis. Procalcitonin is a potential predicting factor for prognosis in patients with bacterial meningitis.