Markedly elevated procalcitonin due to anaphylactic shock, a case report

Procalcitonin (PCT) is a well-known biomarker that is directly connected to bacterial infection especially when it reaches significantly high levels. It is extremely rare to be witnessed in non-bacterial infections such as viral or parasitic. It may be elevated in other conditions such as trauma and...

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Autores principales: Altermanini, Mohammad, Hijazi, Mohamad, Aboursheid, Tarek, Alhammad, Muhammad Firas, Ali, Khaled, Tayar, Elias, Jasim, Ramsey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9483585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36132184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10595
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author Altermanini, Mohammad
Hijazi, Mohamad
Aboursheid, Tarek
Alhammad, Muhammad Firas
Ali, Khaled
Tayar, Elias
Jasim, Ramsey
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Hijazi, Mohamad
Aboursheid, Tarek
Alhammad, Muhammad Firas
Ali, Khaled
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description Procalcitonin (PCT) is a well-known biomarker that is directly connected to bacterial infection especially when it reaches significantly high levels. It is extremely rare to be witnessed in non-bacterial infections such as viral or parasitic. It may be elevated in other conditions such as trauma and autoimmune diseases. We present a rare case of a young gentleman, who had an extremely high PCT level that appeared to be a result of anaphylaxis due to worm infestation.
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spelling pubmed-94835852022-09-20 Markedly elevated procalcitonin due to anaphylactic shock, a case report Altermanini, Mohammad Hijazi, Mohamad Aboursheid, Tarek Alhammad, Muhammad Firas Ali, Khaled Tayar, Elias Jasim, Ramsey Heliyon Case Report Procalcitonin (PCT) is a well-known biomarker that is directly connected to bacterial infection especially when it reaches significantly high levels. It is extremely rare to be witnessed in non-bacterial infections such as viral or parasitic. It may be elevated in other conditions such as trauma and autoimmune diseases. We present a rare case of a young gentleman, who had an extremely high PCT level that appeared to be a result of anaphylaxis due to worm infestation. Elsevier 2022-09-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9483585/ /pubmed/36132184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10595 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Tayar, Elias
Jasim, Ramsey
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title_full_unstemmed Markedly elevated procalcitonin due to anaphylactic shock, a case report
title_short Markedly elevated procalcitonin due to anaphylactic shock, a case report
title_sort markedly elevated procalcitonin due to anaphylactic shock, a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9483585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36132184
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10595
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