Ability of procalcitonin to discriminate infection from non-infective inflammation using two pleural disease settings.
<h4>Unlabelled</h4>Procalcitonin has been shown to be useful in separating infection from non-infective disorders. However, infection is often paralleled by tissue inflammation. Most studies supporting the use of procalcitonin were confounded by more significant inflammation in the infec...
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| Main Authors: | Fiona J McCann, Stephen J Chapman, Wai Cho Yu, Nick A Maskell, Robert J O Davies, Y C Gary Lee |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0049894&type=printable |
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