Limited Utility of Procalcitonin in Identifying Community-Associated Bacterial Infections in Patients Presenting with Coronavirus Disease 2019.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
; 65(4)2021 03 18.
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| ID: mdl-33495224
ABSTRACT
The role of procalcitonin in identifying community-associated bacterial infections among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 is not yet established. In 2,443 patients of whom 148 had bacterial coinfections, mean procalcitonin levels were significantly higher with any bacterial infection (13.16 ± 51.19 ng/ml; P = 0.0091) and with bacteremia (34.25 ± 85.01 ng/ml; P = 0.0125) than without infection (2.00 ± 15.26 ng/ml). Procalcitonin (cutoff, 0.25 or 0.50 ng/ml) did not reliably identify bacterial coinfections but may be useful in excluding bacterial infection.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Bacterianas
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Infecções Comunitárias Adquiridas
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Pró-Calcitonina
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Antimicrob Agents Chemother
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos