Clinical utility of measurement of procalcitonin for diagnosis of urosepsis

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 539-542

  Hosokawa, Yukinari ^a   Takenaga, Maho ^a   Itami, Yoshitaka ^a   Shinohara, Masatake ^a   Takada, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshiki ^a   Hashimura, Masaya ^a   Fujimoto, Kiyohide ^a   Hirao, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a Tane General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Procalcitonin; Urosepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84869148446     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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