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Usefulness of plasma procalcitonin as a predictor of bacteremia due to Gram-negative microorganisms
Utilidad de la procalcitonina plasmática como factor predictor de bacteriemias por microorganismos gramnegativos
Alejandro Salinas-Botrána,b,
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, Ana María Humanes-Navarroc, Fernando González-Romob,d
a Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
b Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
c Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
d Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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Larger scale studies are needed to confirm these findings&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><span id="sec0005" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0005">Ethical considerations</span><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical precepts of the Declaration of Helsinki&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0010">Funding</span><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">None&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">No conflict of interest exists&#46;</p></span></span>"
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