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Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection

BACKGROUND: Because the use of procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum PCT as an early marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection. METHODS: The subjects were 68 patients with urinary trac...

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Autores principales: Sugimoto, Koichi, Shimizu, Nobutaka, Matsumura, Naoki, Oki, Takashi, Nose, Kazuhiro, Nishioka, Tsukasa, Uemura, Hirotsugu
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S47161
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author Sugimoto, Koichi
Shimizu, Nobutaka
Matsumura, Naoki
Oki, Takashi
Nose, Kazuhiro
Nishioka, Tsukasa
Uemura, Hirotsugu
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Shimizu, Nobutaka
Matsumura, Naoki
Oki, Takashi
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description BACKGROUND: Because the use of procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum PCT as an early marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection. METHODS: The subjects were 68 patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) in whom we measured serum procalcitonin concentration at the start of treatment. RESULTS: There were 47 patients with nonobstructed UTI and 21 with obstructed UTI. All patients with obstructed UTI were subjected to intervention. There were significant differences in procalcitonin, white blood cells, and creatinine levels between patients with nonobstructed and obstructed UTI (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Although this retrospective study comprised a small number of patients, we found that procalcitonin was a useful marker to decide upon urinary intervention.
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spelling pubmed-37410772013-08-21 Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection Sugimoto, Koichi Shimizu, Nobutaka Matsumura, Naoki Oki, Takashi Nose, Kazuhiro Nishioka, Tsukasa Uemura, Hirotsugu Infect Drug Resist Original Research BACKGROUND: Because the use of procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum PCT as an early marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection. METHODS: The subjects were 68 patients with urinary tract infection (UTI) in whom we measured serum procalcitonin concentration at the start of treatment. RESULTS: There were 47 patients with nonobstructed UTI and 21 with obstructed UTI. All patients with obstructed UTI were subjected to intervention. There were significant differences in procalcitonin, white blood cells, and creatinine levels between patients with nonobstructed and obstructed UTI (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Although this retrospective study comprised a small number of patients, we found that procalcitonin was a useful marker to decide upon urinary intervention. Dove Medical Press 2013-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3741077/ /pubmed/23966797 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S47161 Text en © 2013 Sugimoto et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Matsumura, Naoki
Oki, Takashi
Nose, Kazuhiro
Nishioka, Tsukasa
Uemura, Hirotsugu
Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
title Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
title_full Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
title_fullStr Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
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title_short Procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
title_sort procalcitonin as a useful marker to decide upon intervention for urinary tract infection
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23966797
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S47161
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