Journal of Nephrology 10/02/2002 By James Adams
Elevated procalcitonin levels indicate systemic bacterial infection in patients with chronic renal failure or end-stage renal disease.
Differential diagnosis of bacterial infection and inflammatory response is difficult because laboratory parameters such as white blood cell count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein are affected by underlying disease, uremia or treatment methods, according to investigators.




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