Can procalcitonin measurement help in differentiating between bacterial infection and other kinds of inflammatory processes?

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-340

  Delevaux I ^a   Andre M ^a   Colombier, M ^a   Albuisson, E ^a   Meylheuc, F ^a   Begue R J ^a   Piette, J C ^b   Aumaitre O ^a  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0344405707     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.4.337     Document Type: Article

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