Procalcitonin (PCT) improves the diagnosis of clinically-relevant bacterial pulmonary infections compared with C-reactive protein or leukocytes. Inflammatory biomarkers are not helpful for the ...

This study demonstrated that the rate of antibiotic prescribing and referral to radiography could be reduced by the introduction of POCT for CRP. This reduction was most likely obtained without ...

A new study found that the C-reactive protein point-of-care test (CRP-POCT) is a low-cost technique for safely lowering ...