Predictive value of procalcitonin in ventilator-associated pneumonia

R. Seligman, B. GS Seligman, P. T. Barcellos, M. S. Duncan, P. J. Z. Teixeira (Porto Alegre, Novo Hamburgo, Brazil)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Diagnostic markers and therapy in hospital-acquired pneumonia
Session: Diagnostic markers and therapy in hospital-acquired pneumonia
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2406
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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