Procalcitonin: a promising diagnostic marker for sepsis and antibiotic therapy

BACKGROUND: Sepsis is a global healthcare problem, characterized by whole body inflammation in response to microbial infection, which leads to organ dysfunction. It is becoming a frequent complication in hospitalized patients. Early and differential diagnosis of sepsis is needed critically to avoid...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vijayan, Ashitha L., Vanimaya, Ravindran, Shilpa, Saikant, R., Lakshmi, S., Kartik, R., G, Manoj.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-017-0246-8

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5543591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28794881
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-017-0246-8

Ejemplares similares