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Diagnostics: Inflammatory Markers

Taming the SRU

However, PCT can be elevated in severe trauma, such as burns or surgery [5,25]. Identifying serious causes of back pain: cancer, infection, fracture. Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care tests in acute community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. Cleve Clin J Med. 2008 Aug;75(8):557-66. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.75.8.557.