Superiority of Transcriptional Profiling Over Procalcitonin for Distinguishing Bacterial From Viral Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Hospitalized Adults

Background. Distinguishing between bacterial and viral lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) remains challenging. Transcriptional profiling is a promising tool for improving diagnosis in LRTI. Methods. We performed whole blood transcriptional analysis in 118 patients (median age [interquartile ra...

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Autores principales: Suarez, Nicolas M., Bunsow, Eleonora, Falsey, Ann R., Walsh, Edward E., Mejias, Asuncion, Ramilo, Octavio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Major Articles and Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv047

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25637350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiv047

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