ReviewMateria socio-medica2013
The importance of serum procalcitonin in diagnosis and treatment of serious bacterial infections and sepsis.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Use of Procalcitonin (PCT) for Diagnosis of Sepsis in Burn Patients: A Meta-Analysis.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- A randomized trial to compare procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in assessing severity of sepsis and in guiding antibacterial therapy in Egyptian critically ill patients.Irish journal of medical science · 2021Trial
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- Experience with surgical evacuation of neonatal brain abscess: A patient series and review of literature.eNeurologicalSci · 2025Article
- Status and outlook of pulmonary tuberculosis coinfection.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2025Review
- Detecting Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Infection: Combating a Life-Threatening Emergency with Practical Diagnostic Tools.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Diagnosis of Bacterial Infection in Immunocompetent Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Circulating miR-15b, Annexin A1, procalcitonin and interleukin-6 levels differentiate children with metabolically unhealthy obesity from those with metabolically healthy obesity: A case-control study.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
- COVID-19, what could sepsis, severe acute pancreatitis, gender differences, and aging teach us?Cytokine · 2021Review
- Efficacy of procalcitonin and pentraxin-3 as early biomarkers for differential diagnosis of pleural effusions.Pleura and peritoneum · 2021Article
- Utilization of serum procalcitonin as a biomarker in the diagnosis and treatment of children with bacterial hospital-acquired pneumonia.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2021Article
- Combining Calcitonin and Procalcitonin and Rheumatoid Arthritis-Related Biomarkers Improve Diagnostic Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis.Disease markers · 2021Article
- Establishment and Validation of a Non-Invasive Diagnostic Nomogram to Identify Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Evaluation of soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) quick test for triage in the emergency department.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
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- Serum procalcitonin in bacterial & non-bacterial meningitis in children.BMC pediatrics · 2018Article
- Procalcitonin may not be a differential diagnostic marker for bacterial infection in febrile patients with chronic gouty arthritis.The Journal of international medical research · 2018Observational
- A Flowthrough Assay for Rapid Bedside Stratification of Bloodstream Bacterial Infection in Critically Ill Patients: a Pilot Study.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2018Article
- Combination of procalcitonin, C-reaction protein and carcinoembryonic antigens for discriminating between benign and malignant pleural effusions.Oncology letters · 2018Article
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Abstract
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.
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