419. Diagnostic Utility of a Ferritin to Procalcitonin Ratio to Differentiate Patients with COVID-19 from Those with Bacterial Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Accurate, rapid, inexpensive biomarkers are needed to differentiate COVID-19 from bacterial pneumonia, allowing effective treatment and antibiotic stewardship. We hypothesized that the ratio of ferritin to procalcitonin (F/P) reflects greater viral activity and host response with COVID-1...

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Autores principales: Jankousky, Katherine C, Hyson, Peter, Huang, Jin, Chastain, Daniel B, Franco-Paredes, Carlos, Erlandson, Kristine M, Henao-Martinez, Andres, Shapiro, Leland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776875/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.613

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776875/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.613

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