title: Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France. dominique.gendrel@svp.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gendrel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bohuon
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide