Evaluation of serum presepsin, procalcitonin, copeptin, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein for differentiating bacterial infection from disease activity in Egyptian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Ula M AlJarhiKhaled Marzouk SadekEnas M DarwishRiem M ElmessieryKhaled SalemSanaa A KhalilSayed M Seif El NasrMahmoud F KamelDina HeshamAhmed FayedPublished in: Clinical rheumatology (2020)
• The increased serum levels of hs-CRP, presepsin and PCT levels are useful in differentiating bacterial infections from disease activity in SLE patients. • Serum Presepsin expressed higher specificity than hs-CRP but the same sensitivity in the detection of bacterial infection in SLE patients. • Serum CPP expressed higher specificity than hs-CRP but lower sensitivity.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- patient reported outcomes
- quantum dots
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr