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      Procalcitonin predicts mortality in HIV-infected Ugandan adults with lower respiratory tract infections.

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          Abstract

          In low and middle-income countries where HIV infection is prevalent, identifying patients at high risk of dying from lower respiratory tract infections is challenging and validated prognostic models are lacking. Serum procalcitonin may be a useful prognostic tool in these settings. We sought to determine if elevated serum procalcitonin is associated with increased in-hospital mortality and to combine serum procalcitonin with available clinical characteristics to create a clinically useful prognostic model.

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          Journal
          Respirology
          Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)
          Wiley-Blackwell
          1440-1843
          1323-7799
          Apr 2014
          : 19
          : 3
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
          Article
          NIHMS554653
          10.1111/resp.12237
          4276722
          24460728
          6ca6a634-e5b7-4097-b915-ef46bfdf75ee
          History

          human immunodeficiency virus,pneumonia,procalcitonin,prognosis,tuberculosis

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