Procalcitonin and quantitative C-reactive protein role in the early diagnosis of sepsis in patients with febrile neutropenia

Background: Neutropenia with fever is a common syndrome in patients with hematologic malignancies who have a high risk of infectious diseases. As early diagnosis of infection in such patients is really important, the aim of this study was to investigate the sensitivity and specificity of procalciton...

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Main Authors: Mohsen Meidani, Farzin Khorvash, Hojat Abolghasemi, Bahareh Jamali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2013-01-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
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Online Access:http://journal.sajc.org/article.asp?issn=2278-330X;year=2013;volume=2;issue=4;spage=216;epage=219;aulast=Meidani