Procalcitonin Testing With Secondary Coinfection in Patients With COVID-19

Background The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) virus has caused millions of deaths. It is difficult to differentiate between pure viral COVID-19 pneumonia and secondary infection. Clinicians often use procalcitonin (PCT) to decide on empiric antibiotic therapy. Methodology We performed a retrospectiv...

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Autores principales: Nadeem, Rashid, Aljaghber, Hind M, Elgohary, Doaa, Rafeeq, Aju, Aijazi, Ishma, Khan, HIba A, Khan, Mohammad R, Velappan, Binu, Aljanahi, Mohanned H, Mohamed Ali Elzeiny, Moatz Galal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36237753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28898

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9543856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36237753
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28898

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