Elevated serum procalcitonin levels in patients with melioidosis.

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The prognostic value of serum procalcitonin levels in 43 patients with acute melioidosis, an infection with a wide range of clinical manifestations, was assessed. In eight patients with mild localized infections, the median procalcitonin levels were 0.13 ng/mL (range, 0.02-0.46 ng/mL), which were similar to those in 19 healthy controls (median, 0.07 ng/mL; range, 0.03-0.15 ng/mL). In the patients with severe infections, the initial procalcitonin levels were significantly higher in the patient...

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Authors: Smith, MD; Suputtamongkol, Y; Chaowagul, W; Assicot, M; Bohuon, C

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 641-645
• Publication date: 1995-03-01
• DOI: 10.1093/clinids/20.3.641
• EISSN: 1537-6591
• ISSN: 1058-4838
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Melioidosis; Disease Progression; Female; Middle Aged; Humans; Protein Precursors; Glycoproteins; Calcitonin; Male; Acute Disease