1 Laboratory of Biochemistry, Military Hospital Avicenna of Marrakech, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakech, University of CADI AYYAD of Marrakech. Morocco.
2 Laboratory of Microbiology, Military Hospital Avicenna of Marrakech, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakech, University of CADI AYYAD of Marrakech. Morocco.
3 Laboratory Department of Biochemistry. Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Sheikh Khalifa, Casablanca. Morocco.
Research Article
GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(01), 062–066.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscarr.2022.13.1.0256
Received on 27 August 2022, revised on 05 October 2022, accepted on 08 October 2022
The aim of this study was to evaluate procalcitonin (PCT) levels in the predicting of bloodstream infections in a large population of patients with positive blood cultures (BC) in the unit care of Avicenna military hospital of Marrakech.
Material and Methods: This prospective study was carried out using clinical and routine laboratory data collected at the Clinical Microbiology and biochemistry from laboratory of Avicenna military hospital – Marrakech, Morocco, between January 2019 and December 2021.
Results: 109 cases were collected from laboratory data of Avicenna military hospital in Marrakech. Most of patient were male with 79 cases (72.5%), blood cultures were positive in all cases. Procalcitonin were positive in the majority of patients with a 105 cases (96%). Klebsiella sp. was the most frequent germ in gram negative bacilli with a rate of 25 cases (23%) Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the most frequent germ in gram-positive cocci with a rate of 23 cases (21%).
Bacteraemia; Screening; Procalcitonin; Blood culture
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Fatima Zahrae Lazrak, Jihane Oussaga, Fayrouz Debbagh, Mouhcine Miloudi, Abderrahmane Boukhira and Saliha Chellak. Role of procalcitonin in predicting occurrence of bacteraemia: About 109 cases. GSC Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(1), 062-066. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/gscarr.2022.13.1.0256