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Role of serum procalcitonin in the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response in treatment-naïve subjects with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

BACKGROUND: Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) down-regulates plasma procalcitonin (PCT), marker of inflammation. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is associated with low IFN-γ levels. Thus, plasma PCT may be elevated in CPA and could have a role in diagnosing and monitoring treatment response in CPA. Her...

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Autores principales: Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Dhooria, Sahajal, Sachdeva, Naresh, Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M., Prasad, Kuruswamy Thurai, Muthu, Valliappan, Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath, Garg, Mandeep, Chakrabarti, Arunaloke, Agarwal, Ritesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10133757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37123983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15356