The role of serum procalcitonin in establishing the diagnosis and prognosis of pleural infection

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• 作者：Giles Dixon ; Adriana Lama-Lopez ; Oliver J. Bintcliffe…
• 关键词：Sensitivity and specificity ; Procalcitonin ; Pleura
• 刊名：Respiratory Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：725KB
• 刊物主题：Pneumology/Respiratory System;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1465-993X
• 卷排序：18

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BackgroundBacterial pleural infection requires prompt identification to enable appropriate investigation and treatment. In contrast to commonly used biomarkers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and white cell count (WCC), which can be raised due to non-infective inflammatory processes, procalcitonin (PCT) has been proposed as a specific biomarker of bacterial infection. The utility of PCT in this role is yet to be validated in a large prospective trial. This study aimed to identify whether serum PCT is superior to CRP and WCC in establishing the diagnosis of bacterial pleural infection.