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BMC Infectious DiseasesBackground Bacterial infections are not prevalent among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, while unnecessary prescription of antibiotics was commonly observed.
Grace CY Lui +5 more
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Ultra-sensitive procalcitonin may help rule out bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis
Annals of Hepatology, 2014 Background. Bacterial infections are frequent complications in patients with cirrhosis. Since they are associated with poor outcomes, antibiotics are frequently over-prescribed. Surrogate markers of bacterial infections, like procalcitonin, are needed to
Sebastián Marciano, M.D. +10 more
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, 2011 The prognostic value of procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with sepsis at the emergency department (ED) has not been evaluated. We conducted a prospective observational study to compare the prognostic value of PCT on sepsis and compared with a validated ...
李建璋;陳世英;蔡居霖;吳淑瓊;江文莒;王竣令;孫幸筠;陳石池;陳文鍾;薛博仁 +1 more
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HeliyonSeptic arthritis (SA) is more severe in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, joint surgical issues, or a weakened immune system. Timely diagnosis of SA is crucial for effective treatment.
Bin Yang, Faming Tian, Huilin Yu
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Procalcitonin in Critical Illness
Critical Care and Resuscitation, 2001 To detail the biology and diagnostic usefulness of serum procalcitonin in critical illness.A review of articles published in peer reviewed journals from 1990 to 2001 and identified through a MEDLINE search on procalcitonin.Procalcitonin (PCT) is a prohormone of calcitonin.
E, O'Connor +4 more
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Orthopaedic Surgery, EarlyView.We developed and validated a biomarker‐based model (PCT, IL‐6, CRP, ESR) that accurately distinguishes infectious from aseptic nonunion in long bone fractures, enabling superior preoperative diagnosis and informed surgical decision‐making. ABSTRACT Objective Preoperative identification of infectious nonunion remains challenging, particularly in ...
Heng Wu +8 more
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Correlation Between Neutrophil-lymphocyte Count Ratio and Procalcitonin in Sepsis and Septic Shock
Majalah Kedokteran Bandung, 2019 Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death in patients with infection. Procalcitonin is one of the laboratory parameters that is used to differentiate between thesystemic inflammatory responses caused by pathogens and non-pathogens.
Jonathan Jonathan +2 more
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The Assessment of Vitamin D, Antimicrobial Peptides and Procalcitonin in Bronchiectasis
, 2014 My research investigated the distribution of antimicrobial peptides (cathelicidin and β-defensin 2), vitamin D and the inflammatory marker procalcitonin, between systemic and localised respiratory levels in stable bronchiectasis patients.
Gartner, Sarah Nicole
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Limited diagnostic value of procalcitonin in early diagnosis of adult onset Still’s disease
, 2016 A 17-year-old female patient was referred to the Infectious Diseases Ward because of fever lasting for 14 days. On admission to the hospital the patient was in a generally good state, without any abnormalities on physical examination.
Ewelina Gowin, Jacek Wysocki
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Veterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Serial measurements of acute‐phase proteins help monitor the development of and recovery from sepsis in people and dogs. To date, the kinetics of regenerating protein (REG) 3E, a novel biomarker for inflammation in dogs, are unknown.
Laura Gentilini +4 more
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