Chirouze, Catherine <br/><br/>
Low serum procalcitonin level accurately predicts the absence of bacteremia in adult patients with acute fever.  [electronic resource] 

 -  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America  Jul 2002 
 - 156-61 p.  digital 
<br/><br/> Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1537-6591 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1086/341023  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Acute Disease<br/>Adolescent<br/>Adult<br/>Aged<br/>Aged, 80 and over<br/>Bacteremia--blood<br/>Biomarkers--blood<br/>Calcitonin--blood<br/>Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide<br/>Community-Acquired Infections--blood<br/>Diagnosis, Differential<br/>Female<br/>Fever--blood<br/>Fever of Unknown Origin--blood<br/>Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections--blood<br/>Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections--blood<br/>Humans<br/>Male<br/>Middle Aged<br/>Predictive Value of Tests<br/>Protein Precursors--blood<br/>Sensitivity and Specificity