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Fever after bronchoscopy: serum procalcitonin enables early diagnosis of post-interventional bacterial infection

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to differentiate unspecific and self-limiting fever after bronchoscopy from fever due to infection by using serum procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and neutrophil count. Furthermore, frequency of fever after bronchoscopy and procedures as possible risk factors w...

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Autores principales: Hackner, Klaus, Riegler, Waltraud, Handzhiev, Sabin, Bauer, Rosemarie, Veres, Jan, Speiser, Manuela, Meisinger, Karin, Errhalt, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29179755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-017-0508-1

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