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cord-308188-oid3n8qf	Cuquemelle, E.	Can procalcitonin help identify associated bacterial infection in patients with severe influenza pneumonia? A multicentre study	2011-03-03		.txt	text/plain	2560	134	42	PURPOSE: To determine whether procalcitonin (PCT) levels could help discriminate isolated viral from mixed (bacterial and viral) pneumonia in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) during the A/H1N1v2009 influenza pandemic. Abstract Purpose: To determine whether procalcitonin (PCT) levels could help discriminate isolated viral from mixed (bacterial and viral) pneumonia in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) during the A/H1N1v2009 influenza pandemic. This study aimed to examine whether PCT levels may help discriminate between viral from mixed (bacterial and viral) pneumonia among patients presenting to the ICU with severe community-acquired pneumonia during the H1N1v2009 influenza pandemic. Of the 52 patients having PCT levels measured on admission, 19 (36.5%) had a documented bacterial co-infection associated with influenza A/H1N1v2009 infection, mostly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (52%) or Staphylococcus aureus (35%). Measurements of PCT levels at admission can help discriminate patients having bacterial co-infection from those with isolated viral pneumonia.	./cache/cord-308188-oid3n8qf.txt	./txt/cord-308188-oid3n8qf.txt