Impact of previous sepsis on the accuracy of procalcitonin for the early diagnosis of blood stream infection in critically ill patients

BACKGROUND: Blood stream infections (BSI) are life-threatening infections in intensive care units (ICU), and prognosis is highly dependent on early detection. Procalcitonin levels have been shown to accurately and quickly distinguish between BSI and noninfectious inflammatory states in critically il...

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Autores principales: Charles, Pierre Emmanuel, Ladoire, Sylvain, Snauwaert, Aurélie, Prin, Sébastien, Aho, Serge, Pechinot, André, Olsson, Niels-Olivier, Blettery, Bernard, Doise, Jean-Marc, Quenot, Jean-Pierre
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/PMC2614426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2614426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19055740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-163

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