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The uselessness of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of focal bacterial central nervous system infection.

Takayuki Hoshina1, Tomoko Takimoto2, Etsuro Nanishi2, Hisanori Nishio2, Koichi Kusuhara3, Toshiro Hara2.   

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We investigated the utility of procalcitonin in early diagnosis of bacterial central nervous system (CNS) infection. Serum procalcitonin level was markedly elevated in the patients with systemic meningitis but not in the patients with brain abscess and subdural empyema. Procalcitonin may be useless to diagnose focal bacterial CNS infection.
Copyright © 2015 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Keywords:  Brain abscess; Focal bacterial infection; Meningitis; Procalcitonin; Subdural empyema

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Year:  2015        PMID： 25971424     DOI： 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.04.003

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Infect Chemother        ISSN： 1341-321X            Impact factor:   2.211


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1.  Spontaneous empyema and brain abscess in an intensive care population: clinical presentation, microbiology, and factors associated with outcome.

Authors:  Sabeth Dietler; Jan Willms; Giovanna Brandi; Sophie Wang; Astrid Burkerth; Emanuela Keller
Journal:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)       Date:  2022-05-27       Impact factor: 2.216
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