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Procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker that is more specific than other inflammatory markers like cytokines for identifying bacterial infections. PCT levels increase significantly in response to severe systemic bacterial infections. The article reviews the biochemistry of PCT and its encoding gene CALC-1. It also discusses how PCT expression is normally suppressed except in the thyroid, but is induced in all body tissues during bacterial infection. The clinical utility of PCT for the rapid diagnosis of bacteria

Author

Tudor Golban

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EN