MISLEADING SERUM PROCALCITONIN ELEVATION IN HEATSTROKE

Misleading Serum Procalcitonin Elevation in Heatstroke

A healthy 44-year-old man, with a typical presentation of exertional heatstroke, presented with an increase in serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels.Suspecting a coexisting infection, the emergency physician started empirical antibiotic treatment and obtained Router samples for culture.The antibiotic treatment was stopped immediately after ward admissio

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Two new species of deep-sea Red Corals (Coralliidae, Genus Hemicorallium Gray, 1867) from the western Indian Ocean

Deep-sea corals are critical to global exploration of deep-sea biodiversity, but research on them in the Indian Ocean is very limited.In this study, we report the first discovery of two new species of red corals at a depth of 1697 m in the western Indian Ocean.The species were identified through detailed morphological analysis, including microscopi

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