Evaluation of Laboratory Testing Proj ect for Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the serum procalcitonin (PCT),interleukin-6 (IL-6 ),hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP)and white blood cells (WBC)joint detection in the value of early clinical diagnosis of neonatal sepsis.Methods Choose 84 cases with sepsis and 140 cases of mormal newborn in children between 2013.6.1~2013.8.31.Used the electro-chemical luminescence method and scattering turbidimetric method to detect levels of serum PCT,IL-6 and hs-CRP respec-tively,at the same time test whole blood white cells with XE-2100 instrument.Results There were significant difference be-tween serum levels of PCT,hs-CRP and IL-6 of the patients with sepsis and normal newborns (t=6.37~10.58,P3.15).But joint detection of PCT,IL-6 and hs-CRP for neo-natal sepsis,the sensitivity was 98.81%,specificity was 90.24%,higher than any of them a detection sensitivity and special-ity degree.PCT in detection of neonatal sepsis,when 0.5 ng/ml≤PCT≤2 ng/ml,it was priority to with gram-positive bac-terium infection,and when PCT>2 ng/ml,was priority to with gram-negative bacteria infection,compared G+ bacteria infec-tion and G- bacteria infection,the difference was statistically significant (χ2=4.646.37~35.05,P<0.05).Conclusion PCT,hs-CRP and IL-6 detection has high sensitivity,strong specificity,they can provide evidence for early diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis.