Marked increase of procalcitonin after the administration of anti-thymocyte globulin in patients before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not indicate sepsis: A prospective study

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Brodska, Helena ^a   Drabek, Tomas ^b,c   Malickova, Karin ^a,b   Kazda, Antonin ^a,b   Vitek, Antonin ^b,d   Zima, Tomas ^a,b   Markova, Marketa ^b,d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; BLOOD; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ANTILYMPHOCYTE SERUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64549132477     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc7749     Document Type: Article

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