Procalcitonin as a diagnostic biomarker of sepsis: A tertiary care centre experience

Introduction: Despite the advancement in diagnostic modalities of sepsis, it is still a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Differentiation between sepsis and non-infectious disease states remains a diagnostic challenge. Procalcitonin (PCT) is useful for the diagnosis of sepsis but it varies i...

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Main Authors: Shefali Gupta, Pradeep Jaswani, Raj K. Sharma, Suraksha Agrawal, Narayan Prasad, Chinmoy Sahu, Amit Gupta, Kashi N. Prasad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034118303125