Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria

BACKGROUND: In the ICU, bacteremia is a life-threatening infection whose prognosis is highly dependent on early recognition and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Procalcitonin levels have been shown to distinguish between bacteremia and noninfectious inflammatory states accurately and quickly...

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Autores principales: Charles, Pierre Emmanuel, Ladoire, Sylvain, Aho, Serge, Quenot, Jean-Pierre, Doise, Jean-Marc, Prin, Sébastien, Olsson, Niels-Olivier, Blettery, Bernard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2289831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18366777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2289831/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18366777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-38

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