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Response of letter to the editor on Procalcitonin: a promising diagnostic marker for sepsis and antibiotic therapy

In a letter to the editor, Raineri SM et al. have given an insight of another dimension of procalcitonin (PCT) use as a diagnostic tool in invasive candidiasis. But based on our preliminary information, PCT is reported as unconventional modes of diagnosis approach which yet to prove its stand-alone...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Saikant, R., Ravindran, Shilpa, Vijayan, Ashitha, Maya, Vani, Lakshmi, S., Kartik, R., G., Manoj
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/PMC5719722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29234495
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-017-0260-x
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Sumario:In a letter to the editor, Raineri SM et al. have given an insight of another dimension of procalcitonin (PCT) use as a diagnostic tool in invasive candidiasis. But based on our preliminary information, PCT is reported as unconventional modes of diagnosis approach which yet to prove its stand-alone biomarker properties for invasive candidiasis.