Acute meningitis in the pediatric emergency department: diagnostic yield of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein.
Department of Neurology Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo Toledo, Spain Department of Emergency Medicine Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo Toledo, Spain Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo Toledo, Spain Department of Emergency Medicine Complejo Hospitalario de Toledo Toledo, Spain agustinj@sescam.jccm.es.
María Isabel Morales
MI
Casado
Fernando Moreno
FM
Alonso
Begoña Losada
BL
Pinedo
Agustín
A
Julián-Jiménez
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016920:Meningitis, Bacterial / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008587:Meningitis, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide