C-reactive protein or procalcitonin combined with rhinorrhea for discrimination of viral from bacterial infections in hospitalized adults in non-intensive care units with lower respiratory tract infections

BACKGROUND: Whether procalcitonin (PCT) or C-reactive protein (CRP) combined with certain clinical characteristics can better distinguish viral from bacterial infections remains unclear. The aim of the study was to assess the ability of PCT or CRP combined with clinical characteristics to distinguis...

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Autores principales: Duan, Shengchen, Gu, Xiaoying, Fan, Guohui, Zhou, Fei, Zhu, Guangfa, Cao, Bin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8478003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34583675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01672-7

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