IBCC role of procalcitonin in sepsis
- related: ICU intensive care unit
- tags: #literature
- source: IBCC
- procalcitonin is elevated in bacterial infection and not in viral infection
- more elevated in gram negative infections
- not elevated in atypical infections (mycoplasma)
- procal is good for discontinuing antibiotics and not initiating them
- high false negatives from neutropenia, localized infection, atypical, late onset