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EDITORIAL
Procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection in elderly patients
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Dept of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
Corresponding author
Demosthenes Bouros
Dept. of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Dept. of Pneumonology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
Pneumon 2014;27(1):13-15
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