Procalcitonin Levels Associate with Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection

Krishna Rao; Seth T. Walk; Dejan Micic; Elizabeth Chenoweth; Lili Deng; Andrzej T. Galecki; Ruchika Jain; Itishree Trivedi; Marie Yu; Kavitha Santhosh; Cathrin Ring; Vincent B. Young; Gary B. Huffnagle; David M. Aronoff

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058265

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Procalcitonin Levels Associate with Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection

Krishna Rao,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Seth T. Walk,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Dejan Micic,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Elizabeth Chenoweth,

Affiliation University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Lili Deng,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Andrzej T. Galecki,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Ruchika Jain,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Itishree Trivedi,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Marie Yu,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Kavitha Santhosh,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Cathrin Ring,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Vincent B. Young,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Gary B. Huffnagle,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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David M. Aronoff

* E-mail: daronoff@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Procalcitonin Levels Associate with Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection

Krishna Rao,
Seth T. Walk,
Dejan Micic,
Elizabeth Chenoweth,
Lili Deng,
Andrzej T. Galecki,
Ruchika Jain,
Itishree Trivedi,
Marie Yu,
Kavitha Santhosh

Published: March 7, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058265

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