Cheng-Hong Chen and Ling-Xian Ding*
...the application value of procalcitonin (PCT) paired with C-reactive protein (CRP) in the early diagnosis of bloodstream infection. This study involved 298 patients with suspected bloodstream infections who were hospitalized in our hospital between March 2016 and March 2018. All patients were examined by blood culture, and the PCT and CRP levels were examined to observe the diagnostic value of PCT and CRP. Of the 108 patients with positive blood culture and 190...
