Blood cell markers and acute phase reactants as a strategy to differentiate between pulmonary tuberculosis and community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study
Alirio Bastidas Goyes,
Eduardo Tuta-Quintero,
Daniel Martin Arsanios
et al.
Abstract:Objective: To determine the diagnostic yields of the different types of cell indices alone or in combination with C-reactive-protein(CRP) to distinguish between Pulmonary-tuberculosis(PT) and community-acquired-pneumonia(CAP).
Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in a high-complexity care center in Colombia, evaluating different types of cell indices in PT and CAP patients. A-receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC)-curve was plotted, and the area-under ROC-curve was calculated for each of … Show more
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