Sensitivity and Specificity of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1, Midregional Proatrial Natriuretic Peptide and Midregional Proadrenomedullin for Distinguishing Etiology and to Assess Severity in Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (sTREM-1), midregional proatrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP) and midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM) to distinguish bacterial from viral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and t...

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Main Authors: Susanna Esposito, Maria Di Gangi, Fabio Cardinale, Eugenio Baraldi, Ilaria Corsini, Liviana Da Dalt, Pier Angelo Tovo, Antonio Correra, Alberto Villani, Oliviero Sacco, Laura Tenero, Piera Dones, Monia Gambino, Alberto Zampiero, Nicola Principi, Ita-CAP Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5113019?pdf=render