National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Bacteraemia is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Sepsis is the second most common cause of death after myocardial infarction in patients admitted to intensive care units. Time to detection and treatment decides the outcome.There is a constant exploration for biomarkers of sepsis. Aim of the present study was to determine procalcitonin levels in patients with suspected sepsis and its correlation with blood culture positivity. Blood culture and procalcitonin levels were done in 116 inpatients of our teaching hospital, which were suspected to have sepsis. Among 116 patients of suspected sepsis, 13 patients had a positive blood culture (11.20%). Procalcitonin levels of 12 of proven sepsis patients was positive (>0.5 ng/ml). The sensitivity, specificity, the PPV and the NPV of Procalcitonin were 92.85%, 95.37%, 72.22% and 99.03% respectively. Procalcitonin is a promising biomarker in sepsis. Especially the high negative predictive value of PCT, can avoid unwarranted use of antibiotics.
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