{"id":1052919,"date":"2010-05-22T08:15:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T08:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/antibiotic-use-for-respiratory-infections-could-be-reduced-by-40-by-procalcitonin-pct-test\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:50","slug":"antibiotic-use-for-respiratory-infections-could-be-reduced-by-40-by-procalcitonin-pct-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/antibiotic-use-for-respiratory-infections-could-be-reduced-by-40-by-procalcitonin-pct-test.php","title":{"rendered":"Antibiotic use for respiratory infections could be reduced by 40% by procalcitonin (PCT) test"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor of the hormone calcitonin, which is involved with calcium homeostasis, and is produced by the C-cells of the thyroid gland. <\/div><div><\/div><p>In healthy people, procalcitonin (PCT) concentrations are low, but in those with bacterial infection it occurs at high concentrations in the blood as early as 3 hours after infection. In people with viral infections, procalcitonin (PCT) levels rise only marginally, if at all.<\/p><p>A PCT-guided strategy applied in primary care in unselected patients presenting with symptoms of acute respiratory infection reduces antibiotic use by 41.6 percent without compromising patient outcome.<\/p><p>The FDA Approved an Automated Procalcitonin (PCT) Test in 2008.<\/p><p>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE61O3W520100225?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=healthNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+reuters\/healthNews+(News+\/+US+\/+Health+News)Delete\">Simple test could cut excessive antibiotic use<\/a>. Reuters, 2010.<\/p><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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