Utility of procalcitonin as an early diagnostic marker of bacteremia in patients with acute fever

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-281

  Kim, Myeong Hee ^a   Lim, Gayoung ^a   Kang, So Young ^a   Lee, Woo In ^a   Suh, Jin Tae ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Infection; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952779746     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.2.276     Document Type: Review

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