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Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection

Koichi Sugimoto1 Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan;2 Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Osaka, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nobutaka Shimizu1 Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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Naoki Matsumura2 Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Takashi Oki2 Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Kazuhiro Nose2 Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Tsukasa Nishioka2 Department of Urology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Osaka, Japan
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Hirotsugu Uemura1 Department of Urology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Japan
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Pages 83-86 | Published online: 07 Aug 2013

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Qiushi Wang, Dapeng Hou, Jing Wang, Kai An, Chenghe Han & Chunting Wang. (2019) Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic discontinuation in ventilator-associated pneumonia: a prospective observational study. Infection and Drug Resistance 12, pages 815-824.
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Seung Ryu, Se Kwang Oh, Sung Uk Cho, Yeonho You, Jung Soo Park, Jin Hong Min, Wonjoon Jeong, Yong Chul Cho, Hong Joon Ahn & Changshin Kang. (2020) A novel predictive tool for prognosis in elderly patients with urinary tract infection: Modified PRACTICE. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 38:10, pages 2002-2006.
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Xin Luo, Xiang Yang, Jiexian Li, Ge Zou, Yufeng Lin, Guoqiang Qing, Ruilin Yang, Weixiang Yao & Xuying Ye. (2018) The procalcitonin/albumin ratio as an early diagnostic predictor in discriminating urosepsis from patients with febrile urinary tract infection. Medicine 97:28, pages e11078.
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Anna Masajtis-Zagajewska & Michal Nowicki. (2017) New markers of urinary tract infection. Clinica Chimica Acta 471, pages 286-291.
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