Procalcitonin as a diagnostic tool in lower respiratory tract infections and tuberculosis

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 939-943

  Polzin, A ^a   Pletz, M ^a   Erbes, R ^a   Raffenberg, M ^a   Mauch, H ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Arndt, G ^a   Lode, H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Lower respiratory tract infection; Procalcitonin; Tuberculosis; White blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHRONIC BRONCHITIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0037637630     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00055103     Document Type: Article

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