Serial procalcitonin responses in infection of children with secondary immunodeficiency
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Serial procalcitonin responses in infection of children with secondary immunodeficiency.
PURPOSE Procalcitonin has proven to be a sensitive inflammatory marker in non-neutropenic patients. The aim of this study was to determine and compare Procalcitonin with other inflammatory markers in the serum of immunosuppressed children with haematological malignancies; and to assess the predictive value of these mediators in distinguishing between bacterial and non-bacterial infection. MET...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical & Investigative Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1488-2353
DOI: 10.25011/cim.v30i2.983