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Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children
BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have called for research into the role of biomarkers, and specifically procalcitonin (PCT), for the early diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBI) in children. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic test acc...
Autores principales: | Waterfield, Thomas, Maney, Julie-Ann, Lyttle, Mark D, McKenna, James P, Roland, Damian, Corr, Michael, Patenall, Bethany, Shields, Michael D, Woolfall, Kerry, Fairley, Derek |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7576699/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33087092 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-020-02385-2 |
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