The Diagnostic Accuracy Of Procalcitonin for Urinary Tract Infection in Hospitalized Older Adults: a Prospective Study.
Justin J ChoiMatthew W McCarthyKerry K MeltzerAnna Cornelius-SchecterAssem JabriEvgeniya ReshetnyakSamprit BanerjeeLars F WestbladeSaurabh MehtaMatthew S SimonZhen ZhaoMarshall J GlesbyPublished in: Journal of general internal medicine (2022)
Our findings demonstrate that PCT has limited value in the diagnosis of UTI among hospitalized older adults. Clinicians should be cautious using PCT for the diagnosis of UTI in hospitalized older adults.