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Do procalcitonin levels help differentiate bacterial meningitis from viral meningitis in the child with fever?

Erik Gulbrandsen, Sharon Smaga

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Evidence-Based Answer Procalcitonin levels are elevated in children with bacterial meningitis and may be used as a component of clinical decision rules to help distinguish patients with bacterial meningitis from those with viral meningitis (SOR: B, diagnostic cohort studies).

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Evidence-Based Answer Procalcitonin levels are elevated in children with bacterial meningitis and may be used as a component of clinical decision rules to help distinguish patients with bacterial meningitis from those with viral meningitis (SOR: B, diagnostic cohort studies).

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Evidence-Based Answer Procalcitonin levels are elevated in children with bacterial meningitis and may be used as a component of clinical decision rules to help distinguish patients with bacterial meningitis from those with viral meningitis (SOR: B, diagnostic cohort studies).

Key concepts: Procalcitonin, Viral meningitis, Meningitis, Bacterial meningitis, Medicine, Immunology, Cohort, Pediatrics

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