Procalcitonin and other markers of infection. What should be their role in clinical practice?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 70-73

  van Dissel, J T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NEOPTERIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036462860     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00406.x     Document Type: Editorial

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