• Cir Cir · Mar 2014

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    [Procalcitonin as a marker of intra-abdominal infection].

    • Elías Domínguez-Comesaña and Julio Roberto Ballinas-Miranda.
    • Servicio de cirugía, Complejo Hospitalario de Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain. eliasdomcom@gmail.com.
    • Cir Cir. 2014 Mar 1;82(2):231-9.

    BackgroundProcalcitonin is a quite specific biomarker of infection and in recent years has shown its superiority to others markers of inflammation, such as C-reactive protein, for the diagnosis and monitoring of a variety of infections.AimFor this reason, several researchers have studied the potential role of procalcitonin for diagnosis and management of these infections.DiscussionIntra-abdominal infections are a heterogeneous group of infections that, sometimes, pose difficult challenges to physicians. The published studies have produced mixed results, leading to controversy on the utility of this marker in intra-abdominal infections.ConclusionsThis review summarizes these data and discuss the utility of procalcitonin in several intra abdominal infections, including postoperative infections.

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