title: Procalcitonin as an early marker of bacterial infection in severely neutropenic febrile adults.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Avicenne, Université Paris-Nord, Bobigny, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrière
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casassus
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lévêque
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guillevin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lortholary
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D015415:Biomarkers; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide