Alveolar pentraxin 3 as an early marker of microbiologically confirmed pneumonia: a threshold-finding prospective observational study

INTRODUCTION: Timely diagnosis of pneumonia in intubated critically ill patients is rather challenging. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is an acute-phase mediator produced by various cell types in the lungs. Animal studies have shown that, during pneumonia, PTX3 participates in fine-tuning of inflammation (for e...

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Autores principales: Mauri, Tommaso, Coppadoro, Andrea, Bombino, Michela, Bellani, Giacomo, Zambelli, Vanessa, Fornari, Carla, Berra, Lorenzo, Bittner, Edward A, Schmidt, Ulrich, Sironi, Marina, Bottazzi, Barbara, Brambilla, Paolo, Mantovani, Alberto, Pesenti, Antonio
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/PMC4219103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25314919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0562-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4219103/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25314919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-014-0562-5

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