Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive Protein (CRP) as severe systemic infection markers in febrile neutropenic adults

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is an inflammatory marker that has been used as indicator of severe bacterial infection. We evaluated the concentrations of PCT as a marker for systemic infection compared to C-reactive protein (CRP) in patients neutropenic febrile. METHODS: 52 adult patients were enr...

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Autores principales: Massaro, Karin SR, Costa, Silvia F, Leone, Claudio, Chamone, Dalton AF
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2217552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18034890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-137

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2217552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18034890
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-7-137

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