ArticleComputational and mathematical methods in medicine2022
Diagnostic Value and Prognostic Significance of Procalcitonin Combined with C-Reactive Protein in Patients with Bacterial Bloodstream Infection.
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- Machine learning algorithms for the early detection of bloodstream infection in children with osteoarticular infections.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- C-reactive protein and procalcitonin use in adults in low- and middle-income countries: a narrative review.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2023Review
- Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Community-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Zhejiang Province, China, 2017-2020.Infection and drug resistance · 2023Article
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Abstract
Objective: To study the clinical values and implications for the prognosis of procalcitonin (PCT) combined with C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in patients with bacterial bloodstream infection. Methods: One hundred and twenty patients with infection hospitalized from Mar. 2020 to Jun. 2021 were chosen as subjects. All participants were tested for serum PCT, hs-CRP, and blood culture. According to the types of pathogenic bacteria, they were divided into the gram-negative bacteria bloodstream infection group ( Results: Serum PCT and hs-CRP values in the positive cohort were higher than those in the negative cohort. The levels of serum PCT and hs-CRP in pulmonary infection were higher than those in the group with negative cases, and the difference was statistically significant ( Conclusion: There were significant differences in the levels of PCT and CRP between the gram-positive bacteria group and the gram-positive bacteria group. PCT and CRP have high diagnostic values in predicting the short-term prognosis of patients. PCT and CRP assist clinical diagnosis and guide treatment and play a positive role in early treatment and prognosis evaluation of patients.
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