Open AccessSerum procalcitonin in viral and bacterial meningitis
Author(s) -
Usama M Alkholi,
Nermin Abd Almonem,
Ayman A. Abd El-Azim,
Mohamed H Sultan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/0974-777x.77290
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , viral meningitis , bacterial meningitis , meningitis , medicine , virology , covid-19 , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , sepsis , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
In children with meningitis, there is a difficulty to verify the etiology as viral or bacterial. Therefore, intensive research has been carried out to find new and rapid diagnostic methods for differentiating bacterial from viral meningitis.