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Erschienen in: Critical Care 4/2008

01.08.2008 | Letter

Role of the eosinophil count in discriminating the severity of community-acquired pneumonia in HIV-infected patients

verfasst von: Rafel Perelló, Oscar Miró, Josep M Miró, Asunción Moreno

Erschienen in: Critical Care | Ausgabe 4/2008

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Abidi and colleagues recently reported that eosinopenia constitutes a good diagnostic marker in distinguishing between noninfection and infection, but is a moderate marker in discriminating between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and infection in newly admitted critically ill patients [1]. They propose that eosinopenia may become a helpful clinical tool in intensive care unit (ICU) practices. They included different types of severe infections, however, and therefore the utility of eosinopenia for a particular kind of infection is not approached. …
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Metadaten
Titel
Role of the eosinophil count in discriminating the severity of community-acquired pneumonia in HIV-infected patients
verfasst von
Rafel Perelló
Oscar Miró
Josep M Miró
Asunción Moreno
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2008
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Critical Care / Ausgabe 4/2008
Elektronische ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc6971

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