Usefulness of serum procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker of infection in children with chronic kidney disease

INTRODUCTION: Serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels are known to be low in healthy individuals in healthy subjects but are increased in patients with a severe bacterial infection. It has not been extensively studied in children with chronic kidney disease (CKD), treated either with hemodialysis (HD) or w...

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Autores principales: Fadel, Fatina I., Elshamaa, Manal F., Elghoroury, Eman A., Badr, Ahmed M., Kamel, Solaf, El-Sonbaty, Marwa M., Raafat, Mona, Farouk, Hebatallh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2016
Materias:
Clinical Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28905015
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2016.59672

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28905015
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/amsad.2016.59672

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