Procalcitonin as a potent marker of bacterial infection in febrile afro-Caribbean patients at the emergency department

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 831-836

  Limper, M ^a,b   De Kruif, M D ^a   Ajubi, N E ^c   Van Zanten, A P ^a   Brandjes, D P M ^a   Duits, A J ^b   Van Gorp, E C M ^a,d  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Immunology Laboratory Department ^*  (Netherlands)

^c Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 80051666789     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1150-5     Document Type: Article

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