Annals of clinical biochemistry

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Ann. Clin. Biochem. · Mar 2002

Biochemical markers of neonatal sepsis: value of procalcitonin in the emergency setting.

We evaluated procalcitonin (PCT) assay in the emergency diagnosis of neonatal bacterial infection, especially in preterm infants, relative to C-reactive protein (CRP) and fibrinogen. ⋯ Determination of PCT is of value in excluding bacterial infection in neonates since it has a negative predictive value of 93%.

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