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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 3/2019

01-03-2019 | Correspondence

A Comparative Evaluation of Presepsin with Procalcitonin and CRP in Diagnosing Neonatal Sepsis: Correspondence

Authors: Jogender Kumar, Amitabh Singh

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 3/2019

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To the Editor: We read with interest “A comparative evaluation of presepsin with procalcitonin and CRP in diagnosing neonatal sepsis” in the online first articles of your esteemed journal and found it very useful [1]. Presepsin is a promising biomarker in the diagnosis of sepsis in adults and recently it has been explored for neonatal sepsis too [2]. There was a felt need for a novel biomarker for early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis [3] and looking at the results of this study presepsin seems promising. We would like to highlight certain points, clarification of which will bring more clarity to it and will be useful to the readers. …
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Title
A Comparative Evaluation of Presepsin with Procalcitonin and CRP in Diagnosing Neonatal Sepsis: Correspondence
Authors
Jogender Kumar
Amitabh Singh
Publication date
01-03-2019
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 3/2019
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-018-2744-7

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