Usefulness of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department;Utilidad de la procalcitonina y la proteína C reactiva en la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad en urgencias

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 666-667

  Julin Jiménez, Agustín ^a   Palomo De Los Reyes, María José ^a   Sentenac, José Guillermo ^a   Aguilar, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COXIELLA BURNETII; EMERGENCY WARD; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LETTER; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78049264275     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: 15781852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2010.04.005     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Aznar Oroval E, Snchez Yepes M, Lorente Alegre P, San Juan Gadea MC, Ortiz Muoz B, Prez Ballestero P, et al. Valor diagnstico de la procalcitonina, la interleucina 8, la interleucina 6 y la protena C reactiva en la deteccin de bacteriemia y fungemia en pacientes con cncer. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2010;28(5):273277
2. A. Julin Jimnez, M.J. Palomo de los Reyes, R. Ortz Daz-Miguel, A. Pedrosa Guerrero, R. Parejo Mguez, and R. Salcedo Martnez Utilidad de la procalcitonina y la protena C reactiva en el paciente con sepsis en urgencias Emergencias 21 2009 23 27
3. M. Chist-Crain, D. Stolz, R. Bingisser, C. Mller, D. Miedinger, and P.R. Huber Procalcitonin guidance of antibiotic therapy in comunita-acquired pneumonia Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174 2006 84 93
4. D.T. Huang, L.A. Weissfeld, J.A. Kellum, D.M. Yealy, L. Kong, and M. Martino Risk prediction with procalcitonin and clinical rules in community-acquired pneumonia Ann Emerg Med 52 2008 48 58
5. M. Christ-Crain, and B. Mller Biomarkers in respiratory tract infections: diagnostic guides to antibiotic prescription, pronognostic markers and mediators Eur Respir J 30 2007 556 573
6. A.E. Jones, J.F. Fiechtl, M.D. Brown, J.J. Ballew, and J.A. Kline Procalcitonin test in the diagnosis of bacteremia: a meta-analysis Ann of Emerg Med 50 2007 34 41
7. L. Simon, F. Gauvin, D.K. Amre, P. Saint-Louis, and J. Lacroix Serum procalcitonin and C reactive protein levels as markers of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis Clin Infect Dis 39 2004 206 217
8. A. Julin Jimnez, F.J. Candel Gonzlez, P. Piera Salmern, J. Gonzlez del Castillo, M.S. Moya Mir, and M. Martnez Ortiz de Zrate Recomendaciones INFURG-SEMES: manejo de la infeccin respiratoria de vas bajas en urgencias Monografas de Emergencias 3 2009 1 21
9. B. Renaud, and A. Santn El manejo en urgencias del paciente con neumona adquirida en la comunidad Emergencias 21 2009 243 246
10. J.A. Martnez, J.P. Horcajada, M. Almela, F. Marco, A. Soriano, and E. Garca Addition of a macrolide to a β-Lactam-based empirical antibiotic regimen is associated with lower in-hospital mortality for patients with bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia Clin Infect Dis 36 2003 389 395