Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection

BACKGROUND: Because the use of procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum PCT as an early marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection. METHODS: The subjects were 68 patients with urinary trac...

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Autores principales: Sugimoto, Koichi, Shimizu, Nobutaka, Matsumura, Naoki, Oki, Takashi, Nose, Kazuhiro, Nishioka, Tsukasa, Uemura, Hirotsugu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S47161

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S47161

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