Procalcitonin as a Marker of Etiology in Adults Hospitalized With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND. Recent trials suggest procalcitonin-based guidelines can reduce antibiotic use for respiratory infections. However, the accuracy of procalcitonin to discriminate between viral and bacterial pneumonia requires further dissection. METHODS. We evaluated the association between serum procalc...

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Autores principales: Self, Wesley H., Balk, Robert A., Grijalva, Carlos G., Williams, Derek J., Zhu, Yuwei, Anderson, Evan J., Waterer, Grant W., Courtney, D. Mark, Bramley, Anna M., Trabue, Christopher, Fakhran, Sherene, Blaschke, Anne J., Jain, Seema, Edwards, Kathryn M., Wunderink, Richard G.
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/PMC5850442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix317

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5850442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28407054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix317

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