Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Differentiating Bacteraemic Gram-Negative Sepsis from Gram-Positive Sepsis.

Beliz Bilgili Murat Haliloğlu Melek Süzer Aslan İsmet Sayan Umut Sabri Kasapoğlu Ismail Cinel

Published in: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation (2018)

Patients with gram-negative sepsis had higher PCT values than those with gram-positive sepsis. Our results suggest that PCT value may be a useful tool for distinguishing between gram-negative and gram-positive bacteraemia.

Keyphrases

gram negative
multidrug resistant
septic shock
acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
contrast enhanced