Usefulness of presepsin in the diagnosis of sepsis in a multicenter prospective study

Abstract The clinical usefulness of presepsin for discriminating between bacterial and nonbacterial infections (including systemic inflammatory response syndrome) was studied and compared with procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in a multicenter prospective study. Suspected sepsis patients...

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Published in:	Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2012, Vol.18 (6), p.891-897
Main Authors:	Endo, Shigeatsu, Suzuki, Yasushi, Takahashi, Gaku, Shozushima, Tatsuyori, Ishikura, Hiroyasu, Murai, Akira, Nishida, Takeshi, Irie, Yuhei, Miura, Masanao, Iguchi, Hironobu, Fukui, Yasuo, Tanaka, Kimiaki, Nojima, Tsuyoshi, Okamura, Yoshikazu
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacteremia - blood Bacteremia - diagnosis Biomarkers - blood Calcitonin - blood Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Female Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine Humans Infection Infectious Diseases Interleukin-6 - blood Lipopolysaccharide Receptors - blood Male Medical Microbiology Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Original Article Presepsin Procalcitonin Prospective Studies Protein Precursors - blood ROC Curve Sensitivity and Specificity Sepsis Soluble CD14-subtype Statistics, Nonparametric Virology
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