Utilite de la procalcitonine dans le diagnostic et le suivi des infections chez les patients neutropeniques febriles. [Utility of procalcitonin for the diagnosis and the follow-up of infections in febrile neutropenic patients]
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_6FD19B7CD714
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Publications
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Title
Utilite de la procalcitonine dans le diagnostic et le suivi des infections chez les patients neutropeniques febriles. [Utility of procalcitonin for the diagnosis and the follow-up of infections in febrile neutropenic patients]
Journal
Revue Médicale Suisse
ISSN
1660-9379 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2005
Volume
1
Number
13
Pages
878-82, 885-6
Notes
English Abstract
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Mar 30
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Mar 30
Abstract
Procalcitonin is a marker of severe bacterial infections in non-neutropenic patients. The goal of this review is to assess its utility in the management of neutropenic patients. A delayed treatment of infection in this setting results in severe morbidity and high mortality. As traditional diagnostic tools often fail to exclude infection when fever occurs, all these patients receive empirical antimicrobial therapies during long periods of time. Present knowledge suggests that procalcitonin may contribute to identify patients in whom 1) antibiotics could be stopped in the absence of bacterial infection, 2) investigations and adjustments of the antimicrobial therapy for persistent fever are needed. The use of procalcitonin for the management of febrile neutropenic patients should be studied prospectively.
Keywords
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
Bacterial Infections/*complications/*diagnosis/drug therapy
Biological Markers/*blood
Calcitonin/*blood
Diagnosis, Differential
Fever/*etiology
Glycoproteins
Humans
Neutropenia/*etiology
Protein Precursors/*blood
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