Utility of serum procalcitonin values in patients with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cautionary note

BACKGROUND: Serum procalcitonin levels have been used as a biomarker of invasive bacterial infection and recently have been advocated to guide antibiotic therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, rigorous studies correlating procalcitonin levels with microbiolog...

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Main Authors: Falsey, Ann R, Becker, Kenneth L, Swinburne, Andrew J, Nylen, Eric S, Snider, Richard H, Formica, Maria A, Hennessey, Patricia A, Criddle, Mary M, Peterson, Derick R, Walsh, Edward E
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Dove Medical Press 2012
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292390/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22399852
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S29149
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