Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis: are there additional confounding factors?

Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis: are there additional confounding factors?

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Andrea Gallerani, Kianoush Kashani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2019-06-01
Series:	Critical Care
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2499-1

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