Procalcitonin and procalcitonin kinetics for diagnosis and prognosis of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections in selected critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as a valuable marker of sepsis. The potential role of PCT in diagnosis and therapy monitoring of intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) in intensive care unit (ICU) is still unclear and was evaluated. METHODS: Forty-six patients were...

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Autores principales: Theodorou, Vasiliki P, Papaioannou, Vasilios E, Tripsianis, Gregory A, Panopoulou, Maria K, Christophoridis, Elias K, Kouliatsis, Georgios A, Gioka, Theodora M, Maltezos, Efstratios S, Ktenidou-Kartali, Sophia I, Pneumatikos, Ioannis A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23043618
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-247

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