Acute phase proteins for the diagnosis of bacterial infection and prediction of mortality in acute complications of cirrhosis
Introduction. Bacterial infection is a frequent complication in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and is related to high mortality rates during follow-up of these individuals. We sought to evaluate the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) in diagnosing infec...
Main Authors: | César Lazzarotto, M.D., Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni, Leonardo Fayad, Christiane Lourenço Nogueira, Maria Luiza Bazzo, Janaína Luz Narciso-Schiavon, Leonardo de Lucca Schiavon, Esther Buzaglo Dantas-Corrêa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-07-01
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Series: | Annals of Hepatology |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119313444 |
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