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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...
Autores principales: | El-Azeem, Amal Abd, Hamdy, Gehan, Saraya, Mohamed, Fawzy, Esmat, Anwar, Enas, Abdulattif, Sherif |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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