Serum procalcitonin as a biomarker differentiating delayed-type drug hypersensitivity from systemic bacterial infection

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 981-983

  Yoon, Sun Young ^a   Baek, Seung Hee ^a   Kim, Sujeong ^a   Lee, Yoon Su ^a   Lee, Taehoon ^a   Bae, Yun Jeong ^a   Kwon, Hyouk Soo ^a   Huh, Jin Won ^a   Hong, Sang Bum ^a   Cho, You Sook ^a   Chun, Sail ^a   Lim, Chae Man ^a   Koh, Younsuck ^a   Moon, Hee Bom ^a   Kim, Tae Bum ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRESS SYNDROME; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 84884907495     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.04.038     Document Type: Article

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