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The role of serum procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and prognosis of pleural infection
BACKGROUND: Bacterial pleural infection requires prompt identification to enable appropriate investigation and treatment. In contrast to commonly used biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and white cell count (WCC), which can be raised due to non-infective inflammatory processes, procalcitoni...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5291982/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28158976 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-017-0501-5 |