Is procalcitonin a marker of invasive bacterial infection in acute sickle-cell vaso-occlusive crisis?

Infection

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Stankovic Stojanovic, K ^a   Steichen, O ^a,b   Lionnet, F ^a   Bachmeyer, C ^a   Lecomte, I ^a   Avellino, V ^a   Grateau, G ^a,b   Girot, R ^a,b   Lefevre, G ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Fever; Infection; Procalcitonin; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE CHEST SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INVASIVE BACTERIAL INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAINFUL VASO OCCLUSIVE CRISIS; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 79952439142     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-010-0072-6     Document Type: Article

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