Validity of procalcitonin as diagnostic biomarker for infective endocarditis

Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is still a fatal infection with high morbidity and mortality. Successful patient outcomes depend on prompt diagnosis and effective therapy. Blood cultures are usually time consuming and sometimes echocardiography is falsely negative. Thus, a straightforward bl...

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Principais autores:	Momen M. Thabet*, Marwan S. Mahmoud, Ayman Khairy Mohamed Hassan, Ehsan A. Hassan, Khaled Mohamed Hassanein, Mona Hussein Abdel-Rahim
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	South Valley University, Faculty of Medicine 2023-07-01
coleção:	SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences
Assuntos:	procalcitonin infective endocarditis duke criteria
Acesso em linha:	https://svuijm.journals.ekb.eg/article_302092.html
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