70
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2006
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2007
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2007
PCT measurement
Peripheral blood samples were collected in the morning, using vacuum tubes (BD Vacutainer SST II Plus plastic tubes; Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Systems, Allschwil, Switzerland). Circulating plasma PCT levels were measured with a time-resolved amplified cryptate emission technology assay (Kryptor PCT; Brahms AG, Hennigsdorf, Germany), with an assay sensitivity of 0.06 mg/L, approximately fourfold above mean normal levels. Measurements were performed 7 days a week.
Geneva Universits Hospitals, Geneva
University Hospital, Geneva
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