Despite major advances in neonatal care during the past few decades, bacterial sepsis continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. 1, 2 ...
A dangerous and often deadly condition, sepsis affects more than a million Americans every year and the cases continue to increase. A new study examines whether procalcitonin (PCT) testing helps to ...
At the hospital where I work, procalcitonin (PCT)-guided treatment has become the standard of care. The infectious disease service, in collaboration with our intensive care unit (ICU) director, just ...
Sepsis, a host-mediated response to a systemic infection, is a leading cause of mortality worldwide (1). Early recognition of infection and initiation of effective therapy is essential to reducing ...
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PCT blood test does not lower antibiotic treatment duration for hospitalized children, study shows
A new U.K. study led by the University of Liverpool has examined whether an additional blood test called procalcitonin (PCT) ...
Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker widely used to assess the risk of bacterial infection and to aid in antibiotic stewardship in patients with lower respiratory tract infections and sepsis. In this ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the expanded use of the Vidas Brahms procalcitonin (PCT) test to help clinicians determine whether antibiotic treatment should be initiated or ...
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwired - September 09, 2016) - Diazyme Laboratories announces that it will continue to distribute its procalcitonin (PCT) test in Germany through its German subsidiary Diazyme ...
BREA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Beckman Coulter, a global leader in clinical diagnostics, today announced that its Access PCT assay has received FDA 510(k) clearance and is now available ...
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