TY - JOUR T1 - Serum procalcitonin level: clinical significance JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 723 LP - 723 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00132310 VL - 37 IS - 3 AU - D. Aggarwal AU - P.R. Mohapatra AU - P. Aggarwal Y1 - 2011/03/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/37/3/723.1.abstract N2 - To the Editors:The study by Ugajin et al. 1 nicely evaluates the role of procalcitonin in differentiating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) from pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). They have further highlighted its prognostic value in PTB. Few aspects regarding this promising biomarker need to be discussed to understand its clinical … ER -