Original articleInfectious diseasesThe diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for bacteraemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Keywords
Bacteraemia
diagnostic accuracy
infection
meta-analysis
procalcitonin
sensitivity and specificity
Abbreviations
AUC
area under the curve
PRISMA
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
QUADAS
Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
SIRS
systemic inflammatory response syndrome
SROC
summary receiver-operating characteristic
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The authors Sandra H. Hoeboer and Patrick J. van der Geest contributed equally to this study
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