Value of PCT When Diagnosing Candidemia

Karolinska University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: The Value of Procalcitonin in Patients With Suspected Candidemia

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Serum procalcitonin concentration

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05385107

EPN 2017/806-31 (Candida-PCT)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a retrospective analysis to identify and compare the shift in inflammatory biomarkers in ICU patients immediately before and after the first identification of candidemia.

Full description

As above.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria (all has to be fullfilled):

• ICU patients with blood cultures showing growth of Candida species
• clinical records including daily data on WBC, CRP, Procalcitonin and body temperature

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age lower than 18 years
• blood cultures with growth of Candida species before ICU admission
• incomplete records of daily WBC, CRP, Procalcitonin or body temperature