Clinical Significance of Procalcitonin in Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Infection / 实用儿科临床杂志
Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
;
(24)2004.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-638527
ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the clinical significance of procalcitonin(PCT) in early diagnosis of neonatal infections.Methods Rapid hemi-quantitative immunoassay was used to measure PCT levels in 196 hospitalized neonates, who were divided into sepsis group,(local-)infection group, virus-infection group and non-infection group.Results If plasma PCT≥0.5 ?g/L was taken as positive,the positive rates in sepsis group,local-infection,virus-infection,non-infection group were 87.87%,41.66 %,12.0%,11.11%,respectively.The positive rate of sepsis group was significantly higher than that of the other 3 groups(all P
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Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
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2004
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