Infection biomarkers in primary care patients with acute respiratory tract infections–comparison of Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein

BACKGROUND: There is a lack of studies comparing the utility of C-reactive protein (CRP) with Procalcitonin (PCT) for the management of patients with acute respiratory tract infections (ARI) in primary care. Our aim was to study the correlation between these markers and to compare their predictive a...

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Autores principales: Meili, Marc, Kutz, Alexander, Briel, Matthias, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Bucher, Heiner C., Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27009083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0206-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27009083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-016-0206-4

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