Evaluation of procalcitonin on early diagnosis of neonatal infection disease

Abstract

Objective To explore the clinical application value of serum procalcitonin (PCT) detection in diagnosis of neonatal infection disease.Methods The serum PCT,CRP values,routine blood test,blood cultures of 50 children with suspected infection was detected at admission and five days after admission.According to the clinical manifestations and the test results,50 children were divided into the bacterial infection group (32 cases) of and non-bacterial infection group (18 cases),and the value of PCT,CRP,routine blood test,blood culture was compared.Results Of bacterial infection group at admission,the serum PCT values in 27 cases were more than or equal with 2μg/L,white blood cell (WBC) increased in 6 cases,CRP of 7 cases were positive,blood cultures (3d) of 4 cases were positive,and of non-bacterial infection group at admission,the serum PCT value in 2 cases were more than or equal with 2μg/L,WBC increased in 2 cases,blood cultures (3d) of 1 case was positive ; Of bacterial infection group 5 days after admission,the serum PCT value in 23 cases were more than or equal with 2μg/L,WBC increased in 15 cases,CRP of 6 cases were positive,blood culture (5d) of 9 case were positive,and of non-bacterial infection group 5 days after admission,the serum PCT value in 1 cases was more than or equal with 2μg/L,WBC increased in 3 cases,CRP of 4 cases were positive,blood culture (5d) of 1 case was positive.At admission the cases of WBC increasing,CRP positive,blood culture positive of the two groups had no statistically significant differences (x2 =0.50,0.19,0.62,all P ＞ 0.05),but the cases of the PCT value which was more than or equal with 2μg/L had statistically significant differences between the two groups (x2 =25.30,P ＜ 0.05).5 days after admission the cases of WBC increasing,PCT,blood culture positive of the two groups had no statistically significant differences (x2 =4.39,20.30,8.56,all P ＜ 0.05),but the cases of the CRP value significant differences between the two groups (x2 =0.83,P ＞ 0.05).Conclusion The detection of serum PCT can be used as an important index of diagnosis for early neonatal infections,and its sensitivity and specificity are better than,blood routine and blood culture. Key words: Infan, Newborn; Infecfion; Calcitiouin Gene-Relaaledpep tide