Comparative usefulness of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein to indicate bacterial infection

What is it about?

Bacterial infection causes inflammation and often fever, tachycardia, and increased respiratory rates, as well as increased C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) levels. Among other things detected by blood chemistry laboratory tests, patients develop various organopathies during severe illness. we investigated comparative usefulness of theire inflammatory markers to indicate bacterial infection.

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Why is it important?

The results of this study suggest that the risk of blood culture positivity statistically increased as the inflammatory marker level. PCT distinguished bacterial infection from nonbacterial infection and was integrated with related factors, suggesting that it is useful as an auxiliary indication of the severity of a communicable disease.