Can Procalcitonin in Cerebrospinal Fluid be a Diagnostic Tool for Meningitis?
Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis2014Vol. 29(3), pp. 169–174
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Theocharis Konstantinidis, Dimitrios Cassimos, Theodora Gioka, Christina Tsigalou, Theodoros A. Parasidis, Ιωάννα Αλεξανδροπούλου, Christos Nikolaidis, Georgia Kampouromiti, Theodoros C. Constantinidis, Athanasios Chatzimichael, Maria Panopoulou
Abstract
PCT values in CSF can be very helpful in distinguishing BM from VM and other noninfectious diseases.
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