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cord-007869-22qxdgrq	D'silva, Liesel	Serum Procalcitonin and Infective Exacerbations of Asthma	2015-12-16		.txt	text/plain	1274	80	49	5 In addition to drawing attention to the role of lung transplantation to improve survival and functional status in these patients, we hope our report's fi ndings can motivate timely implementation of the necessary effective measures to reduce dust exposures and provide a healthful working environment for our country's coal miners. Bafadhel and colleagues 1 report in a recent issue of CHEST (June 2011) that serum procalcitonin levels are high in patients admitted to hospital with pneumonia but not in those admitted with exacerbations of asthma or COPD. We examined the usefulness of serum procalcitonin in patients with moderate to severe exacerbations of asthma due to infections. We recruited 25 patients (11 men) with confi rmed diagnosis of asthma during what was considered an infective exacerbation (increased symptoms as measured by a seven-point Likert scale, increased sputum volume and purulence) that was not severe enough to require hospitalization.	./cache/cord-007869-22qxdgrq.txt	./txt/cord-007869-22qxdgrq.txt