2011•Journal of Clinical Pulmonary MedicineRequires access

Clinical value of serum procalcitonin in non-responding pneumonia

Li Xiu

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Objective To investigate the applicative value of serum procalcitonin in non-responding community-acquired pneumonia.Methods Retrospectively analysis of non-responding pneumonia between January 1st 2009 and June 1st 2010.Results Causes of non-responding pneumonia were antibiotic failure(55.9%),mis-diagnosis(29.4%),and 5 cases with unidentified origin.Conclusion Serum procalcitonin is implicative of causes and therapy of non-responding pneumonia.

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Key concepts: Procalcitonin, Pneumonia, Medicine, Community-acquired pneumonia, Intensive care medicine, Internal medicine, Antibiotic therapy, Antibiotics