The role of procalcitonin as a guide for the diagnosis, prognosis, and decision of antibiotic therapy for lower respiratory tract infections

OBJECTIVES: To assess the value of PCT as a rapid and sensitive marker for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy of lower respiratory tract bacterial infections necessitating antimicrobial treatment and comparing this marker with other markers of infections including C-reactive protein (CRP) and total w...

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Autores principales: El-Azeem, Amal Abd, Hamdy, Gehan, Saraya, Mohamed, Fawzy, Esmat, Anwar, Enas, Abdulattif, Sherif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32288126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcdt.2013.07.017

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32288126
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcdt.2013.07.017

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