Nosocomial bloodstream infections are common in intensive care units, and a significant portion results mortality. Procalcitonin is biomarker used the early diagnosis of infections. Since different pathways release it, its level blood may differ caused by agents. The present study was designed to demonstrate whether procalcitonin an accurate marker nosocomial Acinetobacter spp. evaluated 214 ba...

Objective A fever is observed in approximately one-third of cases of acute aortic dissection (AAD); however, the causes remain unclear. We investigated the mechanism of a fever in AAD by measuring the serum concentrations of inflammatory markers, mediators of coagulation and fibrinolysis, and procalcitonin, a marker of bacterial infection. Methods We retrospectively studied 43 patients with med...

Introduction An intensive care unit frequently deals with acute-phase responses of patients to several noxae, whether infectious or not. Clinicians gather circumstantial evidence about improvement or deterioration of their patients every day. There is, however, no single parameter which informs the physician whether the initiated treatment is right or complications are developing. Evidence for ...

OBJECTIVES Procalcitonin (PCT) is an accurate marker for differentiating bacterial infection from non-infective causes of inflammation or viral infection. However, there is only one study in children which tested procalcitonin as a diagnostic aid in skeletal infections. With this study we sought to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of procalcitonin for identifying bone...

AIM The aim of this study is to assess the sensitivity and specificity of procalcitonin to determine bacterial etiology of diarrhea. THE EXAMINEES AND METHODS For this purpose we conducted the study comprising 115 children aged 1 to 60 months admitted at the Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pediatric Clinic, divided in three groups based on etiology of the diarrhea that has been conf...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to describe the change in serum procalcitonin levels during treatment for community-acquired acute bacterial meningitis. METHODS Out of 50 consecutive patients presenting with bacterial meningitis and infection at no other site, and who had received no prior antibiotic treatment, 48 had a serum procalcitonin level above 0.5 ng/ml on admission and were en...

BACKGROUND Procalcitonin is a promising marker for identification of bacterial infections. We assessed the accuracy and clinical value of procalcitonin for diagnosis of sepsis in critically ill patients. METHODS We searched Medline, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge, the Cochrane Library, Scopus, BioMed Central, and Science Direct, from inception to Feb 21, 2012, and reference lists of identified ...

Background: The differentiation between infection and aseptic inflammation is difficult often a challenge in the daily practice of rheumatology.Procalcitonin (PCT) preferred marker for bacterial infections that allows rheumatologist to make an early diagnosis, choose appropriate antibiotic therapy infection, avoid unnecessary inflammation. Objectives: To study levels PCT various inflammatory st...

Background/Aim. Despite the widespread use of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and soluble CD14 subtype (sCD14-ST), their diagnostic accuracy in children with sepsis is not yet clear. The aim study was to establish compare CRP, sCD14-ST admitted hospital under suspicion having sepsis. Methods. designed as a retrospective cross-sectional on Pediatrics Clinic Kragujevac, Serbia, sepsis, d...