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Usefulness of procalcitonin for diagnosis of infective endocarditis
Internal and Emergency Medicine, 04/15/09
Jereb M et al. - The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) in predicting infective endocarditis (IE). The study fails to demonstrate superiority of PCT as a diagnostic laboratorial parameter in predicting IE compared to CRP.
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