Procalcitonin as a marker of Candida species detection by blood culture and polymerase chain reaction in septic patients

BACKGROUND: The aim of our study is to test procalcitonin (PCT) as surrogate marker of identification of Candida spp. by blood culture (BC) and real-time-polymerase chain reaction (PCR), whether alone or in association with bacteria, in septic patients. METHODS: We performed a single-centre retrospe...

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Autores principales: Cortegiani, Andrea, Russotto, Vincenzo, Montalto, Francesca, Foresta, Grazia, Accurso, Giuseppe, Palmeri, Cesira, Raineri, Santi Maurizio, Giarratano, Antonino
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3936855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559080
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-9

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