-Abstracts of Outstanding Presentations-

The Clinical Usefulness of Procalcitonin Measurement for Assessing the Severity of Bacterial Infection in Patients Requiring Corticosteroid Therapy

Shigeki Kushimoto, Yasushi Shibata, Yuichi Koido, Makoto Kawai, Hiroyuki Yokota and Yasuhiro Yamamoto

Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School

J Nippon Med Sch 2006; 73: 354-356