Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department

INTRODUCTION: Identification of bacterial infections is crucial if treatment is to be initiated early and antibiotics used rationally. The primary objective of this study was to test the efficiency of procalcitonin (PCT) in identifying bacterial/parasitic episodes among febrile adult patients presen...

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Main Authors:	Hausfater, Pierre, Juillien, Gaëlle, Madonna-Py, Beatrice, Haroche, Julien, Bernard, Maguy, Riou, Bruno
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BioMed Central 2007
Subjects:	Research
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206417/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17521430 https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5926
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Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department

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