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Procalcitonin as marker for bacterial coinfection among adult COVID-19 patients in a tertiary-care hospital in the Philippines
Background: Antimicrobials are often given to patients with COVID-19 despite the absence of a bacterial coinfection. Procalcitonin (PCT), when elevated, often indicates the presence of a bacterial infection and is used to guide empiric antibiotic therapy. We sought to determine the utility of PCT an...
Autores principales: | Pesebre, Angelie Lorraine, Abad, Cybele Lara, Francisco, Jan Jorge, Ong, Justin Allister |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9614952/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2022.73 |
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