Low Serum Procalcitonin Level Accurately Predicts the Absence of Bacteremia in Adult Patients with Acute Fever
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- 15 July 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (2) , 156-161
- https://doi.org/10.1086/341023
Abstract
The ability of measurement of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels to differentiate bacteremic from nonbacteremic infectious episodes in patients hospitaKeywords
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