ArticlePloS one2015
High Level Serum Procalcitonin Associated Gouty Arthritis Susceptibility: From a Southern Chinese Han Population.
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- Correlation Between Serum Procalcitonin and Disease Activity Score in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis That Have Hip Involvement.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- A highly sensitive immunosensor based on nanochannel-confined nano-gold enhanced electrochemiluminescence for procalcitonin detection.Frontiers in chemistry · 2023Article
- Application of Machine Learning for the Prediction of Etiological Types of Classic Fever of Unknown Origin.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Value of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of bacterial septic arthritis in daily practice in rheumatology.Clinical rheumatology · 2019Article
- 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
- Comparison of soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor, soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1, procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in distinguishing concurrent bacterial infection from idiopathic inflammatory myopathy.Rheumatology international · 2017Article
- Procalcitonin-guided diagnosis and antibiotic stewardship revisited.BMC medicine · 2017Review
- Serum Procalcitonin as a Useful Serologic Marker for Differential Diagnosis between Acute Gouty Attack and Bacterial Infection.Yonsei medical journal · 2016Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo study the serum Procalcitonin (PCT) level in inflammatory arthritis including gouty arthritis (GA), Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) without any evidence of infection were evaluated the possible discriminative role of PCT in gouty arthritis susceptibility in southern Chinese Han Population. MATERIAL AND
methodsFrom Feb, 2012 to Feb, 2015, 51 patients with GA, 37 patients with RA, 41 patients with AS and 33 healthy control were enrolled in this study with no evidence of infections. The serum level of PCT (normal range < 0.05 ng/ml) was measured by electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA). Disease activity was determined by scores of VAS (4.07 ± 1.15), DAS28 (4.97 ± 1.12), and ASDAS (2.97 ± 0.81) in GA, RA and AS groups respectively. Other laboratory parameters such as, serum creatinine (CRE), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), uric acid (UA) and white blood cells (WBC) were extracted from medical record system.
resultsSerum PCT level was predominantly higher in gouty arthritis than in RA and AS patients, especially in the GA patients with tophi. PCT was significantly positively correlated with VAS, CRP and ESR in gouty arthritis and CRP in AS. PCT also had positive correlation-ship with ESR, DAS28 and ASDAS in RA and AS patients respectively, but significant differences were not observed.
conclusionsThese data suggested that PCT is not solely a biomarker for infection, but also an indicator in inflammatory arthritis, especially in gouty arthritis.
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