Evaluation of procalcitonin as a marker to predict antibiotic response in adult patients with acute appendicitis: A prospective observational study

Surgical Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 601-605

  Assarsson, Jeanette ^a,b   Körner, Ulla ^a   Lundholm, Kent ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PROCALCITONIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; APPENDICITIS; BLOOD; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911994405     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2013.064     Document Type: Article

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