Procalcitonin level comparison in HIV/AIDS patients between non-bacterial and bacterial pneumonia in east Indonesia
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Lower respiratory tract infections including pneumonia were the most common diseases diagnosed in HIV/AIDS patients. Bacteria, fungi, and viruses pathogens that often detected cases required different management. Infection biomarkers procalcitonin will give clinicians scientific reasoning to determine etiology of pneumonia. However, level bacterial non-bacterial patients is still poorly understood. This study was
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of advanced pharmacy education and research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2249-3379']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51847/ydzchjrwkg