%0 Journal Article
%T Serum Procalcitonin Levels in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients in North Indian Population
%A Ajay Verma
%A Priyanka Gaur
%A Rajiv Garg
%A Sarika Pandey
%A Surya Kant
%J Archive of "Annals of African Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/aam.aam_44_18
%X Exacerbations in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a considerable impact on morbidity, mortality, and quality of life. Procalcitonin (PCT) a polypeptide normally produced in neuroendocrine cells of the thyroid and lungs is a marker of systemic inflammation and bacterial infection
%K Antibiotics
%K chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
%K exacerbations
%K procalcitonin
%K Antibiotiques
%K maladie pulmonaire obstructive chronique
%K exacerbations
%K procalcitonine
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6521643/