Procalcitonin(PCT) levels correlate with severity of illness in health care-associated pneumonia(HCAP)

A. Ito, T. Ishida, H. Tachibana, S. Ubukata, H. Fukuyama, C. Iga (Kurashiki-City, Japan)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Healthcare-associated pneumonia: ventilator-associated pneumonia and pneumonia in hospitalised patients
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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