Presepsin as a novel diagnostic biomarker for differentiating active pulmonary tuberculosis from bacterial community acquired pneumonia.

CONCLUSIONS: Presepsin concentrations in APTB patients were slightly increased, and may be helpful for initial discrimination between APTB and BCAP.
PMID: 29289622 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Clinical Chemistry - December 28, 2017 Category: Chemistry Authors: Qi ZJ, Yu H, Zhang J, Li CS Tags: Clin Chim Acta Source Type: research