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Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Suspension of Antibiotics

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  • Elisa Quintero Rincones
  • Jairo Puello Gonzales
  • Jesús De Oro Acevedo
  • Katherine Contreras Padilla

    (General Practitioner, Corporación Universitaria Rafael Nuñez, Colombia)

  • Josmar Cera Diaz

    (General Physician, Universidad del Sinu, Colombia)

  • Juan Castilla Ortega

    (General Physician, Universidad de Sucre, Colombia)

  • Elisa De La Rosa Povea

    (General Physician, Universidad de Sucre, Colombia)

Abstract

Today there are different laboratory tests for the detection of infectious diseases, including PCR, but they lack the specificity to accurately diagnose bacterial versus non-bacterial infections [1,2]. Procalcitonin is a promising biomarker for the early detection of systemic bacterial infections. Procalcitonin is a 116 its diagnostic significance was not recognized until 1993 [3,4]. In 1993, Assicot, et al. demonstrated a positive correlation between high serum Procalcitonin levels and patients with positive results for bacterial infection and sepsis (e.g. positive blood cultures).

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  • Elisa Quintero Rincones & Jairo Puello Gonzales & Jesús De Oro Acevedo & Katherine Contreras Padilla & Josmar Cera Diaz & Juan Castilla Ortega & Elisa De La Rosa Povea, 2024. "Usefulness of Procalcitonin in the Suspension of Antibiotics," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 55(3), pages 46986-46990, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:55:y:2024:i:3:p:46986-46990
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2024.55.008703
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