Procalcitonin Is a Marker of Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Patients With Sepsis

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BACKGROUND: Prediction of the species of pathogen among patients with sepsis within hours would be helpful in accelerating proper treatment. As a potential method of shortening the time to identification, this study considered the usefulness of measuring procalcitonin (PCT) to predict blood culture (BC) results. METHODS: The authors retrospectively analyzed the data of patients with a diagnosis of sepsis in their...

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