Procalcitonin as a biomarker for severe Plasmodium falciparum disease: A critical appraisal of a semi-quantitative point-of-care test in a cohort of travellers with imported malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hesselink, Dennis A ^a   Burgerhart, Jan Steven ^b   Bosmans Timmerarends, Hanna ^b   Petit, Pieter ^c   Van Genderen, Perry J J ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POINT OF CARE TESTING; TRAVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHILD; EVALUATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; TROPICAL MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349096817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-8-206     Document Type: Article

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