BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin has been advocated as a marker of bacterial infection, so this study was carried out to determine the usefulness of serum procalcitonin in the early diagnosis of urosepsis.
METHODS: The subjects were 37 febrile patients with urinary tract infection in whom we examined the serum procalcitonin concentration at the start of treatment.
RESULTS: Thirty patients had acute pyelonephritis (16 simple, 14 complex), one had emphysematous pyelonephritis, five had acute prostatitis, and one had acute epididymitis. The procalcitonin level was <0.5 ng="" ml="" in="" 18="" patients="" 0="" 5="" one="" patient="" 2="" seven="" and="" 10="" 11="" five="" of="" the="" with="" procalcitonin="" levels="" had="" disseminated="" intravascular="" coagulation="" all="" urinary="" tract="" obstruction="" p=""> CONCLUSION: Although this retrospective study comprised a small number of patients, we found that procalcitonin was a useful marker for urinary tract infection.
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Sugimoto K, Adomi S, Koike H, Esa A Are you the author?
Department of Urology, NTT West Osaka Hospital, Osaka, Japan
Reference: Res Rep Urol. 2013 Mar 26;5:77-80
doi: 10.2147/RRU.S42711
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24400237
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