Procalcitonin and mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin as promising markers for sepsis diagnosis and prognosis

<正>To the Editor,We read with great interest the recent review by Limongi et al.on sepsis biomarkers[1].Recently,the combined use of two biomarkers,procalcitonin(PCT)and mid-regional proadrenomedullin(MR-pro ADM)has been reported in sepsis diagnosis and prognosis.PCT is a polypeptide p...

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Published in:Asian Pacific journal of tropical biomedicine 2016-11, Vol.6 (11), p.973-974
Main Authors: Angeletti, Silvia, Ottaviani, Rossella, Lanotte, Arcangela Michela, Pedicino, Lucia, De Cesaris, Marina, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Cella, Eleonora, Fogolari, Marta, Ciccozzi, Massimo, Dicuonzo, Giordano
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Summary:<正>To the Editor,We read with great interest the recent review by Limongi et al.on sepsis biomarkers[1].Recently,the combined use of two biomarkers,procalcitonin(PCT)and mid-regional proadrenomedullin(MR-pro ADM)has been reported in sepsis diagnosis and prognosis.PCT is a polypeptide produced as a precursor of calcitonin by thyroid C cells normally not
ISSN:2221-1691
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DOI:10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.08.014