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Procalcitonin (PCT) is an established laboratory marker for disease severity in patients with infection and sepsis. In addition, PCT has been shown to be an effective marker for a limited number of localized infections. However, whether or not PCT has any diagnostic value for acute appendicitis, still remains unclear. The purpose of this prospective bicenter study was, therefore, to determine whether or not the PCT levels in the serum of patients with acute appendicitis have any diagnostic value.
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Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Augusta Krankenanstalt, Academic Teaching Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. michael.sand@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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