Serial Procalcitonin Levels Correlate with Microbial Etiology in Hospitalized Patients with Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that is finding increasing diagnostic and prognostic utility in lower respiratory infections. It remains unclear, however, whether it can be helpful in predicting the bacterial etiology of pneumonia, with a view to informing antibiotic choice and durati...

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Autores principales: Ankomah, Pierre, Mccluskey, Suzanne, Abers, Michael, Bearnot, Benjamin, Patel, Shreya, Schuetz, Philipp, Chiappa, Victor, Lewandrowski, Kent, Vyas, Jatin, Mansour, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631196/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.846

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631196/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.846

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