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Procalcitonin and pyelonephritis in children
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2007In the past few years, procalcitonin has been proposed as a sensitive and specific inflammatory marker in various fields of medicine, especially in infectivology, where it has been used to discriminate between bacterial infections, viral infections and inflammation processes. Recently, different studies have emerged in the literature on the use of this
Paolo, Pecile, Carla, Romanello
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Procalcitonin as a marker of sepsis
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2002Prompt diagnosis and treatment with appropriate antimicrobial chemotherapy is of paramount importance to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with sepsis. Inflammatory markers currently in use, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) do not reliably differentiate between the systemic inflammatory response and sepsis.
E D, Carrol, A P J, Thomson, C A, Hart
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Procalcitonin and Infection in Elderly Patients
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2005Objectives: To compare the usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) in detecting infection in elderly patients with that of other clinical and biological markers. Design: Prospective observational study to compare PCT levels in infected and ...
Stucker, Fabien +5 more
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Procalcitonin: THE marker of sepsis?
Critical Care Medicine, 2000info:eu-repo/semantics ...
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Procalcitonin to Reduce Long-Term Infection-associated Adverse Events in Sepsis. A Randomized Trial
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021Malvina Lada +2 more
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Procalcitonin to Distinguish Viral From Bacterial Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020Vignesh Ramachandran +2 more
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