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Anesteziol Reanimatol · Mar 2003
[Procalcitonin--marker of infectious inflammation: clinical value and application].
- G M Galstian, V M Gorodetskiĭ, A L Berkovskiĭ, E V Sergeeva, and L L Speranskaia.
- Anesteziol Reanimatol. 2003 Mar 1(2):26-31.
AbstractThe development of septic shock is accompanied by an essential increase of the level of Procalcitonin (PCT). The growth of the PCT level in blood is often associated with bacteremia. A-->2 ng/ml PCT increase in patients with agranulocytosis makes it possible to distinguish between the pneumonia as a local focus of infection and the pneumonia in sepsis. A high PCT level in bacterial and fungus infections makes it possible to distinguish them from viral and non-infection diseases.
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