Procalcitonin as an indicator of urosepsis

Koichi Sugimoto, Shogo Adomi, Hiroyuki Koike, Atsunobu Esa Department of Urology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan Background: Procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, so this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum procalcitonin in the early diagn...

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Main Authors: Sugimoto K, Adomi S, Koike H, Esa A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2013-03-01
Series:Research and Reports in Urology
Online Access:http://www.dovepress.com/procalcitonin-as-an-indicator-of-urosepsis-a12585