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Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Children with Clinical Syndromes for Targeting Antibiotic Use at an Emergency Department of a Kenyan Hospital

Serum procalcitonin (PCT) was measured in 228 children aged 1 month to 15 years at an emergency department of a hospital located in an area without local malaria transmission in children with suspected infections; 21% (49) children had a clinical syndrome for suspected bacterial infections (Syndrome...

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Autores principales:	Akech, Samuel O., Kinuthia, Doris W., William, Macharia
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7116410/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31062031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/fmz027

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