Pentraxin-3 as a marker of disease severity and risk of death in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections: a nationwide, prospective, observational study

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• 作者：Marco Bo Hansen ; Lars Simon Rasmussen ; Peter Garred ; Daniel Bidstrup…
• 关键词：Sepsis ; Amputation ; Survival ; Procalcitonin ; C ; reactive protein ; Necrotizing fasciitis
• 刊名：Critical Care
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：20
• 期：1
• 全文大小：726 KB
• 刊物主题：Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1364-8535

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Background New biomarkers are needed to assess the severity of necrotizing soft tissue infection (NSTI) at an early stage and to individualize treatment strategies. We assessed pentraxin-3 (PTX3) as a marker of disease severity and risk of death in patients with NSTI.