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- Renato Seligman, Luis Francisco Ramos-Lima, Vivian do Amaral Oliveira, Carina Sanvicente, Elyara F Pacheco, and Karoline Dalla Rosa.
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. reseligman@hcpa.ufrgs.br
- Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2012 Nov 1; 67 (11): 1321-5.
AbstractCommunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) exhibits mortality rates, between 20% and 50% in severe cases. Biomarkers are useful tools for searching for antibiotic therapy modifications and for CAP diagnosis, prognosis and follow-up treatment. This non-systematic state-of-the-art review presents the biological and clinical features of biomarkers in CAP patients, including procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, copeptin, pro-ANP (atrial natriuretic peptide), adrenomedullin, cortisol and D-dimers.
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