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Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein cannot differentiate bacterial or viral infection in COPD exacerbation requiring emergency department visits
BACKGROUND: Viral and bacterial infections are the most common causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Whether serum inflammatory markers can differentiate bacterial from virus infection in patients with COPD exacerbation requiring emergency department (ED) visits remai...
Autores principales: | Chang, Chih-Hao, Tsao, Kuo-Chien, Hu, Han-Chung, Huang, Chung-Chi, Kao, Kuo-Chin, Chen, Ning-Hung, Yang, Cheng-Ta, Tsai, Ying-Huang, Hsieh, Meng-Jer |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403815/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25926728 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S76740 |
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