Procalcitonin testing for diagnosis and short-term prognosis in bacterial infection complicated by congestive heart failure: a multicenter analysis of 4,698 cases

INTRODUCTION: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker for the clinical diagnosis of bacterial infection that is more specific and earlier than fever, changes in white blood cell count, and blood cultures. Congestive heart failure is an important cause of endotoxin resorption from the intestine, which sig...

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Autores principales: Wang, Weijia, Zhang, Xiuming, Ge, Na, Liu, Jing, Yuan, Huimin, Zhang, Peng, Liu, Wei, Wen, Dongmei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13181

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4056105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24393388
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13181

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