Diagnostic value of procalcitonin for differentiation between bacterial infection and non-infectious inflammation in febrile patients with active adult-onset Still's disease

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1074-1075

  Chen, D Y ^a,b   Chen, Y M ^a,b   Ho, W L ^a,b   Chen, H H ^a,b   Shen, G H ^b,c   Lan, J L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CYTOKINES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET;

EID: 67449116861     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.098335     Document Type: Letter

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