Levels and clinical significance of cerebrospinal fluid and serum procalcitonin of bacterial meningitis/ventriculitis in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage after craniocerebral operation

Levels and clinical significance of cerebrospinal fluid and serum procalcitonin of bacterial meningitis/ventriculitis in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage after craniocerebral operation

Objective To investigate the role of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum procalcitonin (PCT) in diagnosis of post⁃neurosurgical bacterial meningitis/ventriculitis (PNBM/BV) in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Methods A prospective observational study was conducted, and 53 pat...

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Main Authors: Xin QU, Qing⁃xin KANG, Hao ZHAO, Feng SHANG, Meng QI, Wei⁃tao CHENG, Yue⁃qiao XU, Li⁃dan JIANG, Wen⁃jin CHEN, Ning WANG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tianjin Huanhu Hospital 2020-08-01
Series:Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Subjects:
intracranial aneurysm
subarachnoid hemorrhage
calcitonin
cerebrospinal fluid
serum
postoperative complications
bacterial infections
meningitis, bacterial
cerebral ventriculitis
Online Access:http://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/2189

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