Neurología : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Neurología
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Observational Study
Ability of procalcitonin to predict bacterial meningitis in the emergency department.
The aim of this study was to analyse and compare procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as tools for detecting bacterial meningitis and predicting bacteraemia. ⋯ PCT has a high diagnostic power for acute meningitis in emergency department patients. PCT outperforms CRP in the detection of bacterial aetiology and is a good predictor of bacteraemia in bacterial meningitis.