2004 Point-of-Care Testing Sepsis 
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Bacterial Meningitis: IDSA guidelines for 2004 report that a normal CRP value has a high negative predictive value for bacterial meningitis, but sensitivities and specificities vary between studies [35]. Sepsis PCT may have some utility in guiding posttest probability for sepsis when the diagnosis is unclear. Procalcitonin.
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However, results may take some time and, as such, rapid point-of-care tests are increasingly used. This is true in life-threatening conditions such as sepsis. However, when children do not have features of sepsis, oral antibiotics are equally effective. 2004 Sep 25;364(9440):1141–8. The Lancet.
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