Research on the diagnostic effect of PCT level in serum on patients with sepsis due to different pathogenic causes.

CONCLUSIONS: The procalcitonin level in serum of sepsis patients at early stage of bloodstream infection is significantly elevated and has diagnostic value for different pathogenic bacteria groups. It can also reflect the disease severity and predict the prognosis of sepsis patients. PMID: 30024613 [PubMed - in process]
Source: European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci Source Type: research