Monitoring Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenia: What Is Its Utility for Initial Diagnosis of Infection and Reassessment in Persistent Fever?

James Owen Robinson; Frédéric Lamoth; Frank Bally; Marlies Knaup; Thierry Calandra; Oscar Marchetti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018886

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Monitoring Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenia: What Is Its Utility for Initial Diagnosis of Infection and Reassessment in Persistent Fever?

James Owen Robinson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: James Owen Robinson, Frédéric Lamoth

* E-mail: Oscar.Marchetti@chuv.ch (OM); owen.robinson@health.wa.gov.au (JOR)

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia
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Frédéric Lamoth ,

Contributed equally to this work with: James Owen Robinson, Frédéric Lamoth

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Frank Bally,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Marlies Knaup,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Thierry Calandra,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Oscar Marchetti

* E-mail: Oscar.Marchetti@chuv.ch (OM); owen.robinson@health.wa.gov.au (JOR)

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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Monitoring Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenia: What Is Its Utility for Initial Diagnosis of Infection and Reassessment in Persistent Fever?

James Owen Robinson,
Frédéric Lamoth,
Frank Bally,
Marlies Knaup,
Thierry Calandra,
Oscar Marchetti

Published: April 25, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018886

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