Serum procalcitonin as a biomarker differentiating delayed-type drug hypersensitivity from systemic bacterial infection

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Oct;132(4):981-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.04.038. Epub 2013 Jun 12.

Authors

Sun-Young Yoon¹, Seung Hee Baek, Sujeong Kim, Yoon Su Lee, Taehoon Lee, Yun-Jeong Bae, Hyouk-Soo Kwon, Jin Won Huh, Sang-Bum Hong, You Sook Cho, Sail Chun, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Hee-Bom Moon, Tae-Bum Kim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

PMID: 23768571
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.04.038

No abstract available

Publication types

Evaluation Study
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Bacterial Infections / blood
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Calcitonin / blood*
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Diagnosis, Differential
Drug Hypersensitivity / blood
Drug Hypersensitivity / diagnosis*
Drug Hypersensitivity / physiopathology
Humans
Hypersensitivity, Delayed / blood
Hypersensitivity, Delayed / diagnosis*
Middle Aged
Protein Precursors / blood*

Substances

CALCA protein, human
Protein Precursors
Calcitonin
C-Reactive Protein
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide