Value of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of neonatal bacterial infection

【Objective】To analyze the procalcitonin(PCT) and C reactive protein(CRP) in diagnosis of neonatal bacterial infection. 【Methods】from 2013 January to 2014 December in our hospital 40 cases of bacterial infection in the neonatal setting as the infection group, normal neonates born during the same period 40 cases were set as normal control group,compared two groups of neonatal serum procalcitonin and C reactive protein level. 【Results】normal neonatal procalcitonin is(1.6±0.06) g/m L,C reaction protein(1±0.3) mg/L; neonatal infection group of procalcitonin for(31.3±21.1) g/m L, C reaction protein(46.2±24.8) mg/L;PCT and CRP infection group was significantly higher than normal grouphad significant differences(P0.05). 【Conclusion】the analysis ofprocalcitonin and C-reactive protein C can detect bacterial infection ofthe newborn, as an important index for early detection of neonataldevelopment has an important diagnostic value of treatment, it is worthy of popularization and application.