Use of Procalcitonin in Patients With Various Degrees of Chronic Kidney Disease Including Renal Replacement Therapy
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Use of procalcitonin in patients with various degrees of chronic kidney disease including renal replacement therapy.
Procalcitonin (PCT) has been shown to be a useful surrogate marker in identifying patients with various bacterial infections. PCT has been studied as a diagnostic marker in differentiating bacterial pneumonia from other respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations or viral pneumonia. Differentiating bacterial from nonbacterial pneumonia using PCT has shown ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1058-4838,1537-6591
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu732