Evaluation of Serum Level Procalcitonin in patients with Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

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avatar Nasrollah Sohrabi‎ 1 , avatar Keyghobad Ghadiri‎ 2 , avatar Dariyush Raeisi 3 , avatar Ali Asghar‏ ‏Keshavarz 3 , avatar Ebrahim Jannat‏ ‏Sharafi 2 , * , avatar Nasrin Amiri‏ ‏Fard 4 , avatar Atefeh Nasir Kansestani‎ 4 , avatar Lealy‏ ‏ Nategh‎ 2 , avatar Jaleh Dinari‎ 5 , avatar Mohammad Erfan Zare‎ 2

Department of Medical‏ ‏Laboratory sciences, paramedicine‏ ‏School, Kermanshah University ‎of‏ ‏Medical Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran
Nosocomial infection research‏ ‏center, Kermanshah University of‏ ‏Medical Sciences, ‎Kermanshah‎, Iran
Department of Internal medicine,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah University of Medical‏ ‏Sciences, ‎Kermanshah‎, Iran
Medical Biology Research Center,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah University of Medical‏ ‏Sciences,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah‎, Iran
Student Research Committee,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah University of Medical‏ ‏Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

how to cite: Sohrabi‎ N , Ghadiri‎ K , Raeisi D , ‏Keshavarz A A, Jannat‏ ‏Sharafi E, et al. Evaluation of Serum Level Procalcitonin in patients with Systemic inflammatory response syndrome. J Clin Res Paramed Sci. 2013;2(2):e82255. 

Abstract

Abstract:
The aim of this study was to determine serum levels of Procalcitonin (PCT) in patients with Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) for rapid differential diagnosis of
sepsis from other causes SIRS. In this study 58 patients afflicted by SIRS were evaluated witch all of patients had positive blood culture had serum levels PCT >10 ng/ml and we observed significant different between positive and negative blood culture patients (P<0.01). The results of this study showed serum levels of PCT had a high sensitivity for differential diagnosis of SIRS due to sepsis.

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