Can Procalcitonin in Cerebrospinal Fluid be a Diagnostic Tool for Meningitis?
To study the levels of procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with meningitis and control group and compare them with established markers of infection such as C reactive protein (CRP) high sensitivity CRP, and WBC in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and assess the possible discriminative role of PCT in the differential diagnosis of meningitis from other noninfectious diseases.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis