Determination of Serum Procalcitonin and C-reactive Protein in Infective Diseases

Objective: To study the serum procalcitonin(PCT) and C-reactive protein(CRP) in infective discases and its clinical significance.Methods:The contents of PCT and CRP in sera of 100 and 40 non-infected cases of newborn were examed.Results:(1)The levels of PCT and CRP in bacteria infected group were significantly higher than that in virus infected and non-infected groups(P0.01).(2)The levels of PCT and CRP in virus infected group were slightly higher than that in non-infected group.There was no significant difference among them(P0.05).(3)In the bacteria infected group,there were significant differences between the pretreament levels of PCT and CRP and past treatment levels of them(P0.01).Conclusion:The examination of serum PCT and CRP is helpful to make distinctive diagnosis for infections at early stage,and the dynamic determination of their level change is valuable for judgement of therapeutic results.