Is Interleukin-6 a better predictor of successful antibiotic therapy than procalcitonin and C-reactive protein? A single center study in critically ill adults

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether Interleukin-6 (IL-6) could be a faster indicator of treatment success in adults with severe sepsis and septic shock compared to procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP). METHODS: Data from adult patients with severe sepsis and septic...

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Autores principales: Weidhase, Lorenz, Wellhöfer, Daniel, Schulze, Gero, Kaiser, Thorsten, Drogies, Tim, Wurst, Ulrike, Petros, Sirak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3800-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6375140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30760225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3800-2

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