Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein cannot differentiate bacterial or viral infection in COPD exacerbation requiring emergency department visits

BACKGROUND: Viral and bacterial infections are the most common causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations. Whether serum inflammatory markers can differentiate bacterial from virus infection in patients with COPD exacerbation requiring emergency department (ED) visits remai...

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Veröffentlicht in:Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis
Hauptverfasser: Chang, Chih-Hao, Tsao, Kuo-Chien, Hu, Han-Chung, Huang, Chung-Chi, Kao, Kuo-Chin, Chen, Ning-Hung, Yang, Cheng-Ta, Tsai, Ying-Huang, Hsieh, Meng-Jer
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4403815/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25926728
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S76740
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