High procalcitonin level is related to blood stream infections, gram-negative pathogens, and ICU admission in infections of adult febrile cancer patients
Higher PCT values were significantly related to blood stream infections, gram-negative pathogens, ICU admission, and poor response to therapy. Procalcitonin could be used to assign severity of infection and monitor response to antimicrobial therapy in high-risk patients, thus reducing days of antibiotics days.
Authors
- Mohamed Ghareeb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7249-6725)
- Nur Husna Zakaria
- Hadir A. El‐Mahallawy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-8125)
- A. Banna
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s43046-025-00283-1
- Primary Topic
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Cairo University
- National Cancer Institute, Cairo University
- National Cancer Institute