Procalcitonin in pediatrics for differentiation of bacterial and viral infections

Intensive Care Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Gendrel, D ^a   Bohuon, C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PROCALCITONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0034070029     PISSN: 09351701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02900734     Document Type: Article

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