Do C-reactive protein and procalcitonin predict hospital-acquired infection in patients with trauma?

Bulent M. Ertugrul; Aylin Yilmabasar; Ozden Ertugrul; Hatice B. Ayabakan; Sevda Kizilirmak; Sembol Turkmen

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Do C-reactive protein and procalcitonin predict hospital-acquired infection in patients with trauma?

Bulent M. Ertugrul, Aylin Yilmabasar, Ozden Ertugrul, Hatice B. Ayabakan, Sevda Kizilirmak and Sembol Turkmen

Saudi Medical Journal April 2006, 27 (4) 560-562;

Bulent M. Ertugrul

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Aydin, Turkey. Tel. +90 (532) 6456621. Fax. +90 (256) 2146495. E-mail: [email protected]

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Aylin Yilmabasar

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Social Insurances Institute Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Ozden Ertugrul

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Social Insurances Institute Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

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Hatice B. Ayabakan

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Social Insurances Institute Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Sevda Kizilirmak

Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Sembol Turkmen

Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory, Social Insurances Institute Okmeydani Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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