Introdução de um novo marcador laboratorial de atividade inflamatoria associada a infecção

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1999

RESUMO

Clinical and experimental evidence have demonstrated that proinflammatory interleukines (TNF-?, IL-1,IL-6, IL-8) are the most important mediators in the pathogenesis of the Sepsis Syndrome. They lead to the fluctuation of the white blood cells, a rise in the acute phase proteins as CRP, and of consequence, the alteration in the viscosity of the blood leading to disturbance in the velocity of sedimentation (ESR). One of the new markers showing variation in several clinic conditions is Procalcitonin (PCT) The PCT is a polypeptide of 116 amino acids and 13kDa, it is a precursor of Calcitonin without hormonal activity. In our study we have evaluated the level of PCT, CRP, ESR, and enumerated the number of white blood cells in 22 infected patients, 12 with severe generalized infection (Sepsis)(Group I) and 10 with cronic pathologies and localized infections. The results obtained in healthy individuals of the control group were compared with the ill patients. The Procalcitonin (PCT) was shown to be useful to differentiate the groups studied in a statistic significant way, cO(1trary to the others markers of inflammation described so for that are non specific

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inflamação septicemia

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