Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria
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- 26 March 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 8 (1) , 38
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-8-38
Abstract
In the ICU, bacteremia is a life-threatening infection whose prognosis is highly dependent on early recognition and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Procalcitonin levels have been shown to distinguish between bacteremia and noninfectious inflammatory states accurately and quickly in critically ill patients. However, we still do not know to what extent the magnitude of PCT elevation at the onset of bacteremia varies according to the Gram stain result.Keywords
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