Procalcitonin Predicts Real-Time PCR Results in Blood Samples from Patients with Suspected Sepsis

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis and rapid bacterial identification are of primary importance for outcome of septic patients. SeptiFast® (SF) real-time PCR assay is of potential utility in the etiological diagnosis of sepsis, but it cannot replace blood culture (BC) for routine use in clinical laboratory...

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Autores principales: Mencacci, Antonella, Leli, Christian, Cardaccia, Angela, Meucci, Marta, Moretti, Amedeo, D'Alò, Francesco, Farinelli, Senia, Pagliochini, Rita, Barcaccia, Mariella, Bistoni, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053279

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3531374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23300907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0053279

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