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From: Cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin predicts Gram-negative bacterial meningitis in patients with empiric antibiotic pretreatment

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Diagnostic value of CSF-PCT for Gram-negative BM. a Levels of CSF-PCT in Gram-negative and Gram-positive BM. The red lines and blue squares correspond to the group interquartile ranges and averages, respectively. **P < 0.001. b ROC curves of CSF/serum PCT, CSF/serum CRP for predicting Gram-negative BM. CSF-PCT: AUC = 0.85 (95% CI, 0.73 to 0.93); serum PCT: AUC = 0.56 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.69); CSF-CRP: AUC = 0.56 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.70); serum CRP: AUC = 0.53 (95% CI, 0.39 to 0.67). Comparisons of AUC: CSF-PCT vs serum PCT, P < 0.0001; CSF-PCT vs CSF-CRP, P = 0.0034; CSF-PCT vs serum CRP, P = 0.0005

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