Delta-procalcitonin and vitamin D can predict mortality of internal medicine patients with microbiological identified sepsis

A Tosoni, A Cossari, M Paratore, M Impagnatiello… - Medicina, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: The management of septic patients hospitalized in Internal Medicine wards
represents a challenge due to their complexity and heterogeneity, and a high mortality rate …

Utility of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as predictors of Gram-negative bacteremia in febrile hematological outpatients

JP Jabbour, G Ciotti, G Maestrini, M Brescini… - Supportive Care in …, 2022 - Springer
This study was designed to determine the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive
protein (CRP) as predictors of Gram-negative bloodstream infection (GN-BSI) in …

Community-acquired pneumonia

TM File Jr, JA Ramirez - New England Journal of Medicine, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Key Clinical Points Community-Acquired Pneumonia The diagnosis of community-acquired
pneumonia is made on the basis of compatible symptoms and signs, with evidence of a new …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for post-operative sepsis/infection in liver transplantation

E Jerome, A Cavazza, K Menon, MJ McPhail - Transplant Immunology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Post-operative infection is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Liver
Transplantation (LT). Early diagnosis and antimicrobial treatment improves outcomes and …

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Biomarkers; towards Better Dosing of Antimicrobial Therapy

E Wehbe, AE Patanwala, CY Lu, HY Kim, SL Stocker… - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Due to variability in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, clinical outcomes of
antimicrobial drug therapy vary between patients. As such, personalised medication …

Clinical utility of procalcitonin in implementation of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship in the South-East Asia and India: evidence and consensus-based …

ALH Kwa, BR Aninda Sidharta, DN Son… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction The South-East Asian (SEA) region and India are highly
susceptible to antibiotic resistance, which is caused due to lack of antimicrobial stewardship …

动态监测降钙素原对重症社区获得性肺炎患儿抗感染治疗的临床研究

刘瑶, 吴金桓, 范铭兴, 陈俊, 赵劭懂, 缪红军 - 中华全科医学, 2023 - zhqkyx.net
目的评估动态监测血清降钙素原对儿童重症社区获得性肺炎抗感染治疗方案的指导意义和应用
价值. 方法选取2019 年1 月—2022 年6 月在南京医科大学附属儿童医院重症医学科治疗的重症 …

Successful antibiotic stewardship in the electronic era

G Kiapi, L Gonzalez, SL Woodard… - JAC-Antimicrobial …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
A multi-faceted antimicrobial stewardship programme contributed to a 17.8% reduction in
antibiotic consumption for our English NHS Trust. This dramatic achievement could be …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of a novel automated DiaSys procalcitonin immunoassay with four different BRAHMS-partnered immunoassays

A Eidizadeh, M Wiederhold, M Schnelle… - Practical Laboratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives Procalcitonin (PCT) is an important biomarker of sepsis and respiratory
infections. Various automated immunoassays for measuring PCT in patient plasma are …

Bioanalytical performance of a new particle-enhanced method for measuring procalcitonin

AM Dupuy, AS Bargnoux, R Larcher, A Merindol… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
We report the analytical performances of two particle-enhanced (PETIA) methods for
measuring procalcitonin (PCT), the Diazyme PCT and the new DiaSys PCT assay, and their …