Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2000 Aug;19(8):679-87; quiz 688. doi: 10.1097/00006454-200008000-00001.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / blood
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Biomarkers / analysis
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Calcitonin / analysis
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Protein Precursors / analysis
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Virus Diseases / blood
  • Virus Diseases / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide