Procalcitonin is a valid marker of infection in decompensated cirrhosis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Connert, S ^a   Stremmel, W ^a   Elsing, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

^c St Elisabeth Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Liver decompensation; Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis; Survival; Variceal bleeding

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0037293416     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37314     Document Type: Article

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