Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department

INTRODUCTION: Identification of bacterial infections is crucial if treatment is to be initiated early and antibiotics used rationally. The primary objective of this study was to test the efficiency of procalcitonin (PCT) in identifying bacterial/parasitic episodes among febrile adult patients presen...

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Autores principales: Hausfater, Pierre, Juillien, Gaëlle, Madonna-Py, Beatrice, Haroche, Julien, Bernard, Maguy, Riou, Bruno
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17521430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5926

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17521430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5926

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