Procalcitonin: a diagnostic marker of bacterial infection in neutropenic cancer patients with fever?

Infection. 2000 Nov-Dec;28(6):398-400. doi: 10.1007/s150100070014.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis*
  • Bacteremia / etiology
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bacterial Infections / etiology
  • Biomarkers / analysis*
  • Calcitonin / analysis*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Child
  • Female
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications*
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Neoplasms / microbiology
  • Neutropenia / etiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Protein Precursors / analysis*

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide