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The Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children: A Pilot Study

Emergency Medicine International, 2012
Objective. To assess the predictive value of procalcitonin in detecting acute appendicitis (AP) in children, and to determine a cutoff value of procalcitonin which can safely include/exclude the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in children with acute ...
Abu N. G. A. Khan, Abdel Sawan, Antonios Likourezos, Mark Schnellinger, Estavan Garcia   +4 more
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Campylobacter jejuni fatal sepsis in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: Case report and literature review of a difficult diagnosis [PDF]

, 2016
Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) bacteremia is difficult to diagnose in individuals with hematological disorders undergoing chemotherapy. The cause can be attributed to the rarity of this infection, to the variable clinical presentation, and to the ...
Ascenzioni, Fiorentina, DI DOMENICO, Enea Gino, Ensoli, Fabrizio, Gallo, Maria Teresa, Manghisi, Nicola, Marchesi, Francesco, Mengarelli, Andrea, Pelagalli, Lorella, Prignano, Grazia, Toma, Luigi   +9 more
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CRP Predicts Safe Patient Discharge after Colorectal Surgery. Reply [PDF]

, 2016
Reply: We would like to thank Aurelie´n Dupre`, Johan Gagnie´r, Heloı¨se Samba, Michel Rivoire, and Karem Slim for their comments about our article ‘‘Procalcitonin Reveals Early Dehiscence in Colorectal Surgery: The PREDICS Study.’’1 It is very rewarding
Antonelli, MARIA SERENA, Balducci, Genoveffa, Corcione, Francesco, de Manzini, Nicolò, Giaccaglia, Valentina, Nigri, Giuseppe, Ramacciato, Giovanni, Salvi, Pier Federico   +7 more
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Peroxidase‐Mimicking Nanozymes for Rapid Detection of Infectious Diseases

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Peroxidase‐mimicking nanozymes (PMNs) have emerged as robust and versatile materials for rapid infectious disease diagnostics. This review highlights the rational design and controlled synthesis of PMNs, summarizes key biomarkers relevant to infectious diseases, examines their integration into diverse rapid detection platforms, and highlights ...
Shikuan Shao, Victor Fernandez‐Gonzalez, Xiaochuan Wang, Blake Pylipow, Claudia Herrera, Xiaohu Xia   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serum procalcitonin as an early inflammatory marker in pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia: A prospective observational study

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2021
Background: Delayed diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in pediatric patients is associated with accentuated risk of morbidities and mortality. Early diagnosis of VAP is challenging.
Devki Nandan, Manju Nimesh, Sushil Kumar, Lucky Manik, J Sudarshan, Nandini Duggal   +5 more
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Systemic inflammation and residual viraemia in HIV-positive adults on protease inhibitor monotherapy: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

, 2015
Increased levels of markers of systemic inflammation have been associated with serious non-AIDS events even in patients on fully suppressive antiretroviral therapy.
Arenas-Pinto, A, Gilson, R, Maini, M, McKendry, A, Milinkovic, A, Peppa, D   +5 more
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Peptide Receptor‐Functionalized AuNP‐Embedded Zwitterionic Biopolymeric Nanohydrogel for Electrochemical Sclerostin Sensing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
We report an electrochemical biosensor that employs biopanning‐derived affinity peptides as selective receptors on a multifunctional chitosan–zwitterionic–gold nanoparticle (CS–ZI–AuNPs) nanohydrogel interface. The CS–ZI–AuNPs nanohydrogel exhibits antifouling properties, abundant sites for stable peptide immobilization, and efficient electrochemical ...
Hyo Jeong Yang, Jae Hwan Shin, Mingi Jo, Changyeon Lee, Hyunmin Yi, Al‐Montaser Bellah H. Ali, Jong Pil Park   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The utility of procalcitonin for identifying secondary infections in patients with influenza or COVID-19 receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease
Background: Identifying secondary infections in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) presents challenges due to the ECMO circuit’s influence on traditional signs of infection.
Kajal D. Patel, James K. Aden, Michal J. Sobieszczyk, Joseph E. Marcus   +3 more
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Expected Practice as a Novel Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention. [PDF]

, 2019
"Expected practice" is a recently described method to alter clinical behavior. We implemented an expected practice around short-course antibiotic therapy, which was associated with decreased antibiotic utilization for multiple bacterial infections. Thus,
Masuda, Eriko, Minejima, Emi, Spellberg, Brad, Yadav, Kabir   +3 more
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Differences between computed tomoghaphy and surgical findings in acute complicated diverticulitis [PDF]

, 2019
Summary Background/Objective: A preoperative reliable classification system between clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings to better plan surgery in acute complicated diverticulitis (ACD) is lacking.
Brachini, Gioia, Casciani, Emanuele, Cirillo, Bruno, Costa, Gianluca, Frezza, Barbara, La Torre, Marco, Lanciotti, Silvia, Mastroiacovo, Ilaria, Mingoli, Andrea, Sapienza, Paolo, Speranza, Annarita   +10 more
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