Role of Single Procalcitonin Test on Admission as a Biomarker for Predicting the Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection

Role of Single Procalcitonin Test on Admission as a Biomarker for Predicting the Severity of Clostridium difficile Infection

Objective: To evaluate whether serum Procalcitonin (PCT) at the early stage of infection can serve as a potential biomarker for determining Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) severity.Methods: Fifty-four patients diagnosed with CDI were enrolled in the study. Serum samples were obtained within a...

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Main Authors: Zohar Hamo, Maya Azrad, Orna Nitzan, Asaf Sagie, Linda Tkhawkho, Dana Binyamin, Avi Peretz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
procalcitonin
biomarker
score indices
antibiotic-associated diarrhea
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02532/full

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