Use of procalcitonin for the differential diagnosis of fever in cancer patients: an observational study

Fever often occurs in cancer patients and the possibility of having a reliable marker for the differential etiological diagnosis is desirable. The aim of this study was to investigate the eligibility of the use of procalcitonin (PCT) in hemato-oncological patients for the differential diagnosis of f...

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Main Authors: Daria Macchioni, Giuseppe Chesi, Luca Cottafavi, Paola Loria, Amedeo Lonardo, Mauro Maurantonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2013-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/98