The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

Abstract Background We aimed to determine the presepsin concentration in pleural fluid from patients with pleural effusions of different aetiologies and to compare its diagnostic value with that of pleural fluid C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT). Methods We enrolled 132 patients with...

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Main Authors: Naoki Watanabe, Tomoya Ishii, Nobuyuki Kita, Nobuhiro Kanaji, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuki Nanki, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Shuji Bandoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Presepsin
C-reactive protein
Procalcitonin
Empyema
Pleural effusion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-018-0740-3

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