The utility of serial procalcitonin measurements in addition to pneumonia severity scores in hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia: A multicentre, prospective study

Objectives: The usefulness of serial procalcitonin (PCT) measurements for predicting the prognosis and treatment efficacy for hospitalised community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients was investigated. Methods: This prospective, multicentre, cohort study enrolled consecutive CAP patients who were hos...

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Main Authors: Akihiro Ito, Isao Ito, Daiki Inoue, Satoshi Marumo, Tetsuya Ueda, Hiroaki Nakagawa, Masato Taki, Atsushi Nakagawa, Shuji Tatsumi, Takashi Nishimura, Tetsuhiro Shiota, Tadashi Ishida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220300205