Nonutility of procalcitonin for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19

BACKGROUND: Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at significant risk for superimposed bacterial pneumonia. However, diagnosing superinfection is challenging due to its clinical resemblance to severe COVID-19. We therefore evaluated whether the immune biomarker, procalcitonin, could facilitate the...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Avi J., Glick, Laura R., Lee, Seohyuk, Kunitomo, Yukiko, Tsang, Derek A., Pitafi, Sarah, Valda Toro, Patricia, Ristic, Nicholas R., Zhang, Ethan, Carey, George B., Datta, Rupak, Dela Cruz, Charles S., Gautam, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9930745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36815942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2174640

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