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Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia
Gautam S, Cohen AJ, Stahl Y, Toro P, Young GM, Datta R, Yan X, Ristic NT, Bermejo SD, Sharma L, Restrepo M, Dela Cruz CS. Severe respiratory viral infection induces procalcitonin in the absence of bacterial pneumonia. Thorax 2020, 75: 974-981. PMID: 32826284, DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPure viral infectionBacterial coinfectionViral infectionInfluenza infectionSevere respiratory viral infectionsAbility of procalcitoninRetrospective cohort studyViral respiratory infectionsRespiratory viral infectionsMarker of severityRespiratory viral illnessSevere viral infectionsSpecificity of procalcitoninCharacteristic curve analysisCellular modelHigher procalcitoninProcalcitonin expressionElevated procalcitoninCohort studyViral illnessRespiratory infectionsAntibiotic administrationBacterial pneumoniaSevere diseaseProcalcitonin
2020
A 62-Year-Old Woman With Lung Cancer, Ulcerating Rash, and Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia
Kunitomo Y, Young G, Datta R, Korn LL, Tanoue L, Gautam S. A 62-Year-Old Woman With Lung Cancer, Ulcerating Rash, and Rapidly Progressive Hypoxemia. CHEST Journal 2020, 158: e191-e196. PMID: 33036118, PMCID: PMC7533682, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.06.020.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical Notes