Procalcitonin levels associate with severity of Clostridium difficile infection.

Procalcitonin levels associate with severity of Clostridium difficile infection.

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and biomarkers that predict severity of illness are needed. Procalcitonin (PCT), a serum biomarker with specificity for bacterial infections, has been little studied in CDI. We hypothesized that PCT associated with CDI severity.Seru...

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Main Authors: Krishna Rao, Seth T Walk, Dejan Micic, Elizabeth Chenoweth, Lili Deng, Andrzej T Galecki, Ruchika Jain, Itishree Trivedi, Marie Yu, Kavitha Santhosh, Cathrin Ring, Vincent B Young, Gary B Huffnagle, David M Aronoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3591407?pdf=render

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