Suman Chaurasia, Pratima Anand, Akash Sharma, Sushma Nangia, Adhi Sivam, Kajal Jain, Rajni Gaind, Ravinder Kaur, Apurba S Sastry, Arti Kapil, Meenakshi Bhatt, Meetu Salhan, Ajay Dudeja, Nishad Plakkal, Ankit Verma, Manisha Jain, Sonal Saxena, Sarita Mohapatra, Archana Kashyap, Srishti Goel, Sindhu Sivanandan, Sugandha Arya, Savita Saini, Tapish Pande, Sumita Saluja, Monica Sharma, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, Harish Chellani, M Jeeva Sankar, Ramesh Agarwal
INTRODUCTION: It is unclear if serum procalcitonin (PCT) estimated at sepsis suspicion can help detect culture-positive sepsis in neonates. We evaluated the diagnostic performance of PCT in culture-positive sepsis in neonates. METHODS: This was a prospective study (February 2016 to September 2020) conducted in four level-3 units in India. We enrolled neonates suspected of sepsis in the first 28 days of life. Neonates with birth weight <750 g, asphyxia, shock, and major malformations were excluded...
2023: Neonatology