Role of C-Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin in Differentiation of Tuberculosis from Bacterial Community Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We investigated the utility of serum C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) for differentiating pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) from bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in South Korea, a country with an intermediate TB burden. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study...

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Autores principales: Kang, Young Ae, Kwon, Sung-Youn, Yoon, Ho IL, Lee, Jae Ho, Lee, Choon-Taek
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2009.24.4.337

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2784977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19949732
http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2009.24.4.337

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