[Procalcitonin--marker of infectious inflammation: clinical value and application].
The 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.
Galstian
G M
GM
Gorodetskiĭ
V M
VM
Berkovskiĭ
A L
AL
Sergeeva
E V
EV
Speranskaia
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LL
D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007118:Immunoassay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide