Massive elevation of procalcitonin plasma levels in the absence of infection in kidney transplant patients treated with pan-T-cell antibodies

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 987-991

  Sabat, R ^a   Hoflich C ^a   Docke W D ^a   Kern, F ^a   Volk, H D ^a   Oppert, M ^a   Windrich, B ^a   Rosenberger, C ^a   Reinke, P ^a   Kaden, J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM IM FRIEDRICHSHAIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infection monitoring; Kidney transplant patients; Pan T cell antibodies; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OKT 3; ORTHOCLONE; PROCALCITONIN; STEROID; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SEPSIS; STEROID THERAPY;

ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MUROMONAB-CD3; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034912825     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340100949     Document Type: Article

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