The use of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of late-onset infection in neonatal intensive care unit patients.
Scand J Infect Dis
; 39(11-12): 1063-6, 2007.
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| ID: mdl-17852930
ABSTRACT
We evaluated the semi-quantitative procalcitonin level for diagnosing late-onset infections in 176 neonates. Using a cut-off level of 0.5 ng/ml, the sensitivity was 84.4%+/-0.19, specificity was 93.9%+/-0.04, positive predictive value was 82.6%+/-0.1, and negative predictive value was 94.6%+/-0.04. Procalcitonin could be a useful marker of late-onset infection in neonates.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Precursores de Proteínas
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Infecciones Bacterianas
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Calcitonina
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Enfermedades del Recién Nacido
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Scand J Infect Dis
Año:
2007
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia