Clinical Significance of Procalcitonin in Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Infection
- VernacularTitle:降钙素原测定在诊断新生儿感染性疾病中的意义
- Author:
ye, FENG
;
da-qing, CHEN
;
ying-mei, XU
;
hai-ying, LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
procalcitonin;
infant,newborn;
infection;
septicemia
- From:Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2004;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
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
