Procalcitonin: a new marker for differential diagnosis of acute rejection and bacterial infection in heart transplantation

Transplant Proc. 1997 Feb-Mar;29(1-2):584-5. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(96)00314-4.
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MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aspergillosis / blood
  • Aspergillosis / diagnosis*
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Candidiasis / blood
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Graft Rejection / blood
  • Graft Rejection / diagnosis*
  • Heart Transplantation*
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay / methods
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Inflammation
  • Luminescent Measurements
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Staphylococcal Infections / blood
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcus epidermidis

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide