Monitoring Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenia: What Is Its Utility for Initial Diagnosis of Infection and Reassessment in Persistent Fever?

BACKGROUND: Management of febrile neutropenic episodes (FE) is challenged by lacking microbiological and clinical documentation of infection. We aimed at evaluating the utility of monitoring blood procalcitonin (PCT) in FE for initial diagnosis of infection and reassessment in persistent fever. METH...

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Autores principales: Robinson, James Owen, Lamoth, Frédéric, Bally, Frank, Knaup, Marlies, Calandra, Thierry, Marchetti, Oscar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21541027
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018886

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