Point-of-care testing for procalcitonin in identifying bacterial infections in young infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

BACKGROUND: The primary objective of this study was to report on the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care testing (POCT) for procalcitonin (PCT) in identifying invasive bacterial infections in young infants. Invasive bacterial infection was defined as the isolation of a bacterial pathogen in blood o...

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Autores principales: Waterfield, Thomas, Maney, Julie-Ann, Hanna, Martin, Fairley, Derek, Shields, Michael D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1349-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30541505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1349-7

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