Usefulness of cell-free plasma DNA, procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as markers of infection in febrile patients

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Moreira, Vanessa García ^a   Prieto, Belén ^a   Rodríguez, Julia San Martín ^a   Válvarez, Francisco ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; DNA; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951789161     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2010.009173     Document Type: Article

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