Serum procalcitonin for the early recognition of nosocomial infection in the critically ill patients: A preliminary report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Charles, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Kus, Emmanuel ^a   Aho, Serge ^a   Prin, Sébastien ^a   Doise, Jean Marc ^a   Olsson, Nils Olivier ^a   Blettery, Bernard ^a   Quenot, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROC CURVE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 65549133048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-49     Document Type: Article

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