Procalcitonin (PCT) is a peptide precursor of the hormone calcitonin, the latter being involved with calcium homeostasis. It arises once preprocalcitonin...

procalcitonin (a blood marker for bacterial infections) to guide the initiation and duration of antibiotic treatment, against no use of procalcitonin...

nasal calcitonin especially for treatment of postmenopausal bone loss. Procalcitonin GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000110680 – Ensembl, May 2017 GRCm38:...

hemogram/complete blood count, ESR and other acute phase reactants Procalcitonin test, more specific On a posteroanterior and lateral chest radiograph...

convincing evidence of pneumonia, antibiotics are not recommended. Procalcitonin may help determine the cause and support decisions about who should...

Prkno, Anna; Brunkhorst, Frank M.; Schlattmann, Peter (May 2013). "Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis"...

Stríz I, Jaresová M, Lácha J, Sedlácek J, Vítko S (2002). "MRP 8/14 and procalcitonin serum levels in organ transplantations". Annals of Transplantation....

infections or inflammatory conditions and are, therefore, nonspecific. Procalcitonin may be more useful than CRP. Blood cultures can be positive in up to...

Diagnosis of malaria Schüffner's dots Bloodstream infections Blood culture Viremia Fungemia Parasitemia Algaemia General C-reactive protein Procalcitonin...

concluded moderate-quality evidence exists to support the use of the procalcitonin level as a method to distinguish sepsis from non-infectious causes of...