There are a number of potential novel markers of inflammation: PCT, levels of which are mainly elevated in bacterial infections but occasionally in autoimmune diseases; ferritin and IL-18 in adult ...

Procalcitonin (PCT) improves the diagnosis of clinically-relevant bacterial pulmonary infections compared with C-reactive protein or leukocytes. Inflammatory biomarkers are not helpful for the ...

Background: There are several specific inflammatory and oxidative correlates among patients with hypothyroidism, but most studies are cross-sectional and do not evaluate the change in parameters ...

The ADAPT-Sepsis research group has demonstrated that using procalcitonin (PCT) as a biomarker to guide antibiotic duration ...