Procalcitonin levels in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: predictor of outcome or reflection of pathomechanisms?

J Infect Dis. 2001 Oct 15;184(8):1091-2. doi: 10.1086/323422.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / blood
  • Endothelium, Vascular / physiology
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / blood
  • Humans
  • Malaria, Falciparum / blood*
  • Neutrophils / physiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / analysis

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide