Clinical Significance of Interleukin-6 in the Diagnosis of Sepsis and Discriminating Sepsis Induced by Gram-negative Bacteria

Conclusions: CRP, IL-6 and PCT are applicable to the differential diagnosis of sepsis and differentiating the sepsis induced by Gram-negative bacteria from Gram-positive bacteria. Appropriate combinations of these indicators are capable of increasing differential diagnosis efficiency. These indicators can be used as markers of antibiotics usage, but whether they can be used as markers to withdraw antibiotics is still needed to be observed.
Source: The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Immunology Reports Source Type: research