Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Differentiating Bacteraemic Gram-Negative Sepsis from Gram-Positive Sepsis

BİLGİLİ B., Haliloglu M., Aslan M. S., Sayan I., Kasapoglu U. S., Cinel I.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND REANIMATION, cilt.46, sa.1, ss.38-43, 2018 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/tjar.2017.88965
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY AND REANIMATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.38-43
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sepsis, procalcitonin, bacteraemia, INFLAMMATION
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: The identification of bacteraemia in patients with suspected sepsis is crucial for survival. A cheap, fast and reliable biomarker, which can predict the causative pathogen group, may be useful to confirm or exclude the presence of bacteraemia. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between procalcitonin (PCT) and the causative pathogen in intensive care patients with sepsis and bacteraemia.