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- Published on: 27 October 2009
- Published on: 1 December 2009Re: The exact negative predictive value of procalcitonin remains to be determinedShow More
We would like to thank Mr Degraeuwe for his interest about our study [1]. He is correct in stating that the confidence intervals are useful in interpreting the diagnostic value of procalcitonin. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values expressed as percentages (95% CI) were respectively 100 (88-100), 65 (54-76), 67 (56- 78) and 100 (88-100) for PCT at the 0.6 ng/mL cut-off value.
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None declared. - Published on: 27 October 2009The exact negative predictive value of procalcitonin remains to be determinedShow More
Dear Sir
I am writing this letter in reference to the article "Rapid quantitative procalcitonin measurement to diagnose nosocomial infections in newborn infants" by Jacquot et al. [1] The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in neonatal nosocomial infections. However, the flawed methodology and the incomplete reporting preclude a reliable conclusion with respect to the d...
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