Role of procalcitonin in Neuroinfection in newbor
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G009- Bacterial meningitis, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/09/015720
- Lead Sponsor
- Indira Gandhi institute of child health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Neonates whose parents are willing to give written informed consent
2. All suspected cases of neonatal meningitis
Exclusion Criteria
1.Neonates who had received antibiotics for >3 days
2. Recent brain surgery/ventricular tap
3. Moribound condition in which life expectancy <24hours
4. Grossly traumatic taps
5. Massive stress (severe trauma, surgery, cardiac shock and burns)
6. Parents who refused to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To assess CSF procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker in neonatal meningitis and assign appropriate cut offs based on ROC curve <br/ ><br>â?¢To estimate the levels of CSF procalcitonin in suspected case of meningitis <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 18 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To estimate the levels of CSF procalcitonin in suspected case of meningitis <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 18 months