Digestive diseases and sciences
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Comparative Study
Role of procalcitonin in infectious gastroenteritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
We have evaluated procalcitonin (PCT) as a diagnostic marker for bacterial gastroenteritis (GE) and as a disease activity marker in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. ⋯ Our results indicate that PCT and CRP are comparably good diagnostic markers of bacterial GE but that PCT is not useful as in monitoring disease activity in patients with IBD.