Ability of procalcitonin to diagnose bacterial infection and bacteria types compared with blood culture findings

Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein serve as biomarkers of infection in patients with sepsis/bacteremia. The present study assessed the clinical characteristics of 280 patients with suspected sepsis who were admitted to Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital between January 201...

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Autores principales: Watanabe, Yuji, Oikawa, Nozomi, Hariu, Maya, Fuke, Ryota, Seki, Masafumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757046
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S115277

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5053384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757046
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S115277

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