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August 29, 2024European journal of medical researchOpen Access

Combining PCT with CRP is better than separate testing for patients with bacteriuria in the intensive care unit: a retrospective study

Guoming Zhang Xu-Xiao Guo

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Abstract

Previous studies on PCT for urinary tract infections (UTI) have focused primarily on minors. This study investigated the predictive value of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), C-reactive protein (CRP) level and procalcitonin (PCT) level in adult patients with bacteriuria in IUC.

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Zhang et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5a5efb6db64358754003d https://doi.org/10.1186/s40001-024-02036-7

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