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Prospective study on procalcitonin and other systemic infection markers in patients with leukocytosis
Author(s) -
Pamela Indino,
Pierre Lemarchand,
Pierre Bady,
Antoine de Torrenté,
Louis Genné,
Daniel Genné
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.09.007
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , leukocytosis , medicine , erythrocyte sedimentation rate , prospective cohort study , gastroenterology , emergency department , c reactive protein , predictive value , predictive value of tests , receiver operating characteristic , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , area under the curve , immunology , sepsis , inflammation , psychiatry
To better assess the diagnosis of an infection in patients presenting at an emergency department with peripheral blood leukocytosis (>10 x 10(9) cells/l) on laboratory testing.

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