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Potential use of procalcitonin as a diagnostic criterion in febrile neutropenia: experience from a multicentre study  H. Giamarellou, E.J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis,

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1 Potential use of procalcitonin as a diagnostic criterion in febrile neutropenia: experience from a multicentre study  H. Giamarellou, E.J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, P. Repoussis, L. Galani, N. Anagnostopoulos, P. Grecka, D. Lubos, M. Aoun, K. Athanassiou, E. Bouza, E. Devigili, V. Krçmery, F. Menichetti, E. Panaretou, E. Papageorgiou, D. Plachouras  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 10, Issue 7, Pages (July 2004) DOI: /j x Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Distribution of concentrations of procalcitonin at the time of fever manifestation among patients with bacteraemia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci, other Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bacteria. Clinical Microbiology and Infection  , DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

3 Fig. 2 Comparative ROC curves (a) of procalcitonin and (b) of C-reactive protein for the diagnosis of bacteraemia and severe sepsis. Diagnosis of bacteraemia and severe sepsis was based on clinical, radiological and microbiological criteria (see Methods). Clinical Microbiology and Infection  , DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2004 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions


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