Association of serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein levels with CURB-65 criteria among patients with community-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: The concentration of diagnostic markers such as inflammatory biomarkers including procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) increases in bacterial infections. The aim of this study was to compare serum PCT and CRP levels with CURB-65 ranking, in the patients with community-acquire...

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Autores principales: Keramat, Fariba, Ghasemi Basir, Hamid Reza, Abdoli, Elham, Shafiei Aghdam, Arghavan, Poorolajal, Jalal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942144
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S165190

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6005316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942144
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S165190

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