Influence of steroids on procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in patients with COPD and community-acquired pneumonia
ContributorsPerren, Andréas; Cerutti, Bernard ; Lepori, M.; Senn, V.; Capelli, B.; Duchini, F.; Domenighetti, Guido
Published inInfection, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 163-166
Publication date2008
Abstract
Keywords
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents/therapeutic use
- C-Reactive Protein/metabolism
- Calcitonin/blood
- Community-Acquired Infections/blood/complications/drug therapy
- Drug Therapy, Combination
- Female
- Humans
- Longitudinal Studies
- Male
- Methylprednisolone/therapeutic use
- Middle Aged
- Pilot Projects
- Pneumococcal Infections/drug therapy
- Pneumonia/blood/complications/drug therapy
- Prednisone/therapeutic use
- Protein Precursors/blood
- Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/blood/complications/drug therapy
Affiliation entities
Citation (ISO format)
PERREN, Andréas et al. Influence of steroids on procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in patients with COPD and community-acquired pneumonia. In: Infection, 2008, vol. 36, n° 2, p. 163–166. doi: 10.1007/s15010-007-7206-5
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Identifiers
- PID : unige:1876
- DOI : 10.1007/s15010-007-7206-5
- PMID : 18330505
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ISSN of the journal0300-8126