Usefulness of procalcitonin at admission as a risk-stratifying biomarker for 50-day in-hospital mortality among patients with community-acquired bloodstream infection: an observational cohort study

• Main Authors: Abderrahim Oussalah (Author), Jonas Callet (Author), Anne-Elisabeth Manteaux (Author), Nathalie Thilly (Author), Nicolas Jay (Author), Jean-Louis Guéant (Author), Alain Lozniewski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Purpose To assess the association between plasma procalcitonin concentration at hospital admission and the risk of 50-day in-hospital mortality among patients with community-acquired bloodstream infections. Methods We carried out a retrospective, observational cohort study with all consecut...