Sputum procalcitonin levels in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbations of bronchiectasis

Health Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 27;3(4):e203. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.203. eCollection 2020 Dec.

William Good^{1

2}, Sarah Mooney¹, Irene Zeng³, Susan Taylor⁴, Lata Jayaram^{5

6}, David Holland⁷, Benjamin Diggins¹, Conroy Wong^{1

2}

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
² Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences The University of Auckland Auckland New Zealand.
³ Research Office, Middlemore Hospital Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
⁴ Department of Microbiology Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine Western Health Melbourne Victoria Australia.
⁶ Melbourne Medical School The University of Melbourne Melbourne Victoria Australia.
⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board Auckland New Zealand.

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