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  Systemic loxoscelism is a constitutional illness resulting from the bite of the brown recluse spider. In severe form, it may cause hemolysis, acute renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagul...

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  The use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic initiation or withdrawal in bacterial infections may reduce overall exposure to antibiotics without affecting mortality. However, further multicenter trial...

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  Study objective: Previously, we used a proteomics approach for the discovery of new diagnostic markers of acute appendicitis and identified leucine-rich α-2-glycoprotein (LRG) that was elevated in the...

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