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15714400

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-2-16
pubmed:abstractText
A 22 year old female was admitted to the emergency department with high fever up to 41,5 degrees C, tachycardia, and arterial hypotension. Clinically, she presented with bilateral pulmonary coarse crackles. Diagnosis on admission was pneumonia with septic shock. Intriguingly, procalcitonin (PCT) was increased early, reaching up to 435 ng/mL, while C-reactive protein levels were only moderately increased, with several days delay. The sepsis was originated from a multi-resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Remarkably, the course of PCT levels reflected the severity of septic shock in that it paralleled noradrenaline demand. Ten months previously, the patient had been diagnosed with acute disseminated brainstem encephalitis (ADEM), and had received two cycles of intravenous cyclophosphamide. Our case illustrates that PCT is an early marker for sepsis and it indicates that PCT may also be a valuable marker for the severity of sepsis in immunosuppressed patients.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0939-2661
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
97-102
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
[Procalcitonin as a marker for severe sepsis in an immunosuppressed patient].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik für Neurologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena. Hubertus.Axer@med.uni-jena.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports