The Use of Procalcitonin in Clinical Practice

Procalcitonin (PCT) has emerged as the most promising marker of infectious inflammation. This development is critical to the practicing doctor dealing with febrile patients with suspected sepsis. An ideal biomarker would provide data for early diagnosis, differentiation of bacterial from non-bacteri...

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Main Authors: Clementine YF Yap MSc, MBA, DLM(ASCP), Tar Choon Aw MMed (Internal Medicine), FRCP (Edin), FRCPA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581402300106