Procalcitonin Predicts Real-Time PCR Results in Blood Samples from Patients with Suspected Sepsis

Diagnostic utility of LightCycler SeptiFast and procalcitonin assays in the diagnosis of bloodstream infection in immunocompromised patients

(2012) M.V. Mauro et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Procalcitonin and the role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of sepsis

(2012) Stefan Riedel   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Diagnostic Performance of a Multiple Real-Time PCR Assay in Patients with Suspected Sepsis Hospitalized in an Internal Medicine Ward

(2012) L. Pasqualini et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Serial and panel analyses of biomarkers do not improve the prediction of bacteremia compared to one procalcitonin measurement

(2012) M. Tromp et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION

Diagnosis of infective endocarditis: comparison of the LightCycler SeptiFast real-time PCR with blood culture

(2012) A. Mencacci et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Procalcitonin Algorithms for Antibiotic Therapy Decisions

(2011) Philipp Schuetz   ARCHIVES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Procalcitonin for diagnosis of infection and guide to antibiotic decisions: past, present and future

(2011) Philipp Schuetz et al.   BMC Medicine

How could rapid bacterial identification improve the management of septic patients?

(2011) Stéphane Emonet et al.   Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Diagnostic accuracy and potential clinical value of the LightCycler SeptiFast assay in the management of bloodstream infections occurring in neutropenic and critically ill patients

(2011) Dayana Bravo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Utility of Procalcitonin as an Early Diagnostic Marker of Bacteremia in Patients with Acute Fever

(2011) Myeong Hee Kim et al.   YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL

Procalcitonin in 759 Patients Clinically Suspected of Infective Endocarditis

(2010) Jane B. Knudsen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Procalcitonin Levels Predict Bacteremia in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

(2010) Fabian Müller et al.   CHEST

Procalcitonin measurement in routine emergency medicine practice: comparison between two immunoassays

(2010) Pierre Hausfater et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

The Era of Molecular and Other Non-Culture-Based Methods in Diagnosis of Sepsis

(2010) N. Mancini et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

The role of a real-time PCR technology for rapid detection and identification of bacterial and fungal pathogens in whole-blood samples

(2010) Hideaki Obara et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Current applications and future trends of molecular diagnostics in clinical bacteriology

(2009) Jan Weile et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Clinical impact of a commercially available multiplex PCR system for rapid detection of pathogens in patients with presumed sepsis

(2009) Christine Dierkes et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Long-term stability of procalcitonin in frozen samples and comparison of Kryptor® and VIDAS® automated immunoassays

(2009) Philipp Schuetz et al.   CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Preliminary clinical study using a multiplex real-time PCR test for the detection of bacterial and fungal DNA directly in blood

(2009) F. Wallet et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

(2009) R Phillip Dellinger et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The Role of Procalcitonin in Febrile Neutropenic Patients: Review of the Literature

(2008) Y. Sakr et al.   INFECTION

Clinical sepsis and septic shock—definition, diagnosis and management principles

(2008) Jean-Louis Vincent   LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

ADVANCES IN THE MICROBIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF SEPSIS

(2008) Soraya S. Andrade et al.   SHOCK