Elevated procalcitonin is associated with increased mortality in patients with scrub typhus infection needing intensive care admission

CONTEXT: Procalcitonin is a biomarker of bacterial sepsis. It is unclear if scrub typhus, a rickettsial illness, is associated with elevated procalcitonin levels. AIM: To assess if scrub typhus infection is associated with high procalcitonin levels and whether high levels portend a poorer prognosis....

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Autores principales: Peter, John Victor, Karthik, Gunasekaran, Ramakrishna, Kartik, Griffith, Mathew F., Jude Prakash, John Antony, Job, Victoria, Chacko, Binila, Graham, Petra L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3777372/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082615
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.117063

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