Acute meningitis in the pediatric emergency department: diagnostic yield of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Nov;30(11):849-50. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000273.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adolescent
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • C-Reactive Protein / analysis*
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / blood*
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Meningitis, Viral / blood*
  • Meningitis, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Protein Precursors / blood*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide