Ability of procalcitonin to discriminate infection from non-infective inflammation using two pleural disease settings.
Abstract 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 infection group. Few studie...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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