Procalcitonin is not sufficiently reliable to be the sole marker of neonatal sepsis of nosocomial origin

BACKGROUND: It has recently been suggested that serum procalcitonin (PCT) is of value in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis, with varying results. The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to assess the usefulness of PCT as a marker of neonatal sepsis of nosocomial origin. METHODS: One hundred...

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Autores principales: López Sastre, José B, Pérez Solís, David, Roqués Serradilla, Vicente, Fernández Colomer, Belén, Coto Cotallo, Gil D, Krauel Vidal, Xavier, Narbona López, Eduardo, García del Río, Manuel, Sánchez Luna, Manuel, Belaustegui Cueto, Antonio, Moro Serrano, Manuel, Urbón Artero, Alfonso, Álvaro Iglesias, Emilio, Cotero Lavín, Ángel, Martínez Vilalta, Eduardo, Jiménez Cobos, Bartolomé
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16709255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-6-16

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