The Role of Presepsin and Procalcitonin in Early Diagnosis of Bacterial Infections in Cirrhotic Patients with Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.
Razvan IgnaIrina GîrleanuCamelia CojocariuLaura HuibanCristina Maria MuzicaAna-Maria SingeapCatalin Victor SfartiStefan ChiriacOana Cristina PetreaSebastian ZenoviaRobert NastasaTudor CuciureanuRemus StafieErmina StratinaAdrian RotaruCarol StanciuMihaela BlajAnca Victorița TrifanPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
Presepsin level ≥2300 pg/mL and PCT level ≥0.9 ng/mL may be adequate non-invasive tools for the early diagnosis of infections in cirrhotics with ACLF.