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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...
Autores principales: | Kang, Young Ae, Kwon, Sung-Youn, Yoon, Ho IL, Lee, Jae Ho, Lee, Choon-Taek |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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