Procalcitonin reflects bacteremia and bacterial load in urosepsis syndrome: a prospective observational study

INTRODUCTION: Guidelines recommend that two blood cultures be performed in patients with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), to detect bacteremia and help diagnose urosepsis. The usefulness and cost-effectiveness of this practice have been criticized. This study aimed to evaluate clinical charact...

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Autors principals: van Nieuwkoop, Cees, Bonten, Tobias N, van't Wout, Jan W, Kuijper, Ed J, Groeneveld, Geert H, Becker, Martin J, Koster, Ted, Wattel-Louis, G Hanke, Delfos, Nathalie M, Ablij, Hans C, Leyten, Eliane MS, van Dissel, Jaap T
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BioMed Central 2010
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3220019/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21083886
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc9328
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