Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Suspension of Antibiotics

Elisa Quintero Rincones, Jairo Puello Gonzales, Jesús De Oro Acevedo, Katherine Contreras Padilla, Josmar Cera Diaz, Juan Castilla Ortega and Elisa De La Rosa Povea
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Katherine Contreras Padilla: General Practitioner, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Nuñez, Colombia
Josmar Cera Diaz: General Physician, Universidad del Sinu, Colombia
Juan Castilla Ortega: General Physician, Universidad de Sucre, Colombia
Elisa De La Rosa Povea: General Physician, Universidad de Sucre, Colombia

Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, 2024, vol. 55, issue 3, 46986-46990

Abstract: Today there are different laboratory tests for the detection of infectious diseases, including PCR, but they lack the specificity to accurately diagnose bacterial versus non-bacterial infections [1,2]. Procalcitonin is a promising biomarker for the early detection of systemic bacterial infections. Procalcitonin is a 116 its diagnostic significance was not recognized until 1993 [3,4]. In 1993, Assicot, et al. demonstrated a positive correlation between high serum Procalcitonin levels and patients with positive results for bacterial infection and sepsis (e.g. positive blood cultures).

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Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2024.55.008703

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