Marked increase of procalcitonin after the administration of anti-thymocyte globulin in patients before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not indicate sepsis: a prospective study

INTRODUCTION: Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are established markers of infection in the general population. In contrast, several studies reported falsely increased PCT levels in patients receiving T-cell antibodies. We evaluated the validity of these markers in patients scheduled...

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Autores principales: Brodska, Helena, Drabek, Tomas, Malickova, Karin, Kazda, Antonin, Vitek, Antonin, Zima, Tomas, Markova, Marketa
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2689473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7749

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