The Importance of Serum Procalcitonin in Diagnosis and Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections and Sepsis

The clinical utility of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels continues to evolve. PCT is regarded as a promising candidate marker for making a diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship in patients with systemic infections. The aim of this review is to summarize the current evidence for PCT in different infec...

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Autores principales: Mehanic, Snjezana, Baljic, Rusmir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914751/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24511275
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2013.25.277-281
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spelling pubmed-39147512014-02-07 The Importance of Serum Procalcitonin in Diagnosis and Treatment of Serious Bacterial Infections and Sepsis Mehanic, Snjezana Baljic, Rusmir Mater Sociomed Review The clinical utility of serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels continues to evolve. PCT is regarded as a promising candidate marker for making a diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship in patients with systemic infections. The aim of this review is to summarize the current evidence for PCT in different infections and clinical settings, and to discuss the reliability of this marker when used with validated diagnostic algorithms. AVICENA, d.o.o., Sarajevo 2013-11-24 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3914751/ /pubmed/24511275 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/msm.2013.25.277-281 Text en © 2013 AVICENA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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