title: Clinical usefulness of procalcitonin as a marker of sepsis: a novel predictor of causative pathogens? The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujisiro
authors.forename: Mitsuei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibazaki
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hitani
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: To
authors.forename: Kosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haruki
mesh_terms: D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin