Value of procalcitonin measurement in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in patients with fever and flare of chronic gouty arthritis

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 95, Issue 31, 2015, Pages 2556-2559

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Long, Li ^a   Zhou, Qiao ^a   Cheng, Jia ^a   Zhou, Bin ^a  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Bacterial infections; Gouty; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GOUT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFECTION;

ARTHRITIS, GOUTY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84940659542     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2015.31.018     Document Type: Article

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