Is there any influence of immune deficit on procalcitonin results?

Human Immunology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1194-1197

  Mikuła, Tomasz ^a   Cianciara, Janusz ^a   Wiercińska Drapało, Alicja ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; CRP; HIV AIDS; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD4 IMMUNOGLOBULIN; CD8 ANTIGEN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HIV-1; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 81955162884     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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