Although clinical trials have demonstrated the utility of procalcitonin (PCT) testing and potential benefit on antibiotic stewardship, findings suggest that clinicians do not order PCT testing with ...

The study was performed in a 520-bed, general medical–surgical hospital, using subjects participating in a study of the relationship between biomarkers and microbiologic diagnoses (to be described in ...

Made up of a protein structure containing 116 amino acids, procalcitonin acts as a substrate for production of calcitonin – a hormone responsible for producing C-cells of the thyroid gland and ...

During 2 winters, 532 subjects admitted for 556 respiratory illnesses were recruited. Two did not have chest radiographs, 16 illnesses were non-pulmonary, and 10 did not have admission ProCT levels, ...