ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY

Using Procalcitonin to Differentiate Bacterial from Viral Meningitis

December 15, 2015

A meta-analysis based on nine studies found an elevated serum procalcitonin to be an accurate test for differentiating bacterial from viral meningitis in adults.

Issue Date: December 15, 2015

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Financial Disclosure: Internal Medicine Alert’s editor Stephen Brunton, MD, is a retained consultant for Abbott, AstraZeneca, Becton Dickinson, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and Teva; he serves on the speakers bureau of AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, and Teva. Contributing editor Louis Kuritzky is a retained consultant for AbbVie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Chelsea, Daiichi Sankyo, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Lilly, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, and Sanofi. Peer reviewer Gerald Roberts, MD; executive editor Leslie Coplin; and associate managing editor Jonathan Springston report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

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