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Procalcitonin is a strong predictor of urine culture results in patients with obstructing ureteral stones: A prospective, pilot study

PURPOSE: The appropriate management of infected obstructing ureteral calculi is prompt genitourinary decompression. Urine cultures are the gold standard for confirming infection but often take 24–48 h to result. Although white blood cell (WBC) count is an important diagnostic laboratory test, it is...

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Autores principales:	Papagiannopoulos, Dimitri, Whelan, Patrick, Ahmad, Waseem, Rybak, James, Hota, Bala, Deane, Leslie, Nehra, Ajay
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4944618/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27453647 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-7796.184877

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