| DB ID | MyCo_4174 |
| Title | Procalcitonin and neopterin correlation with aetiology and severity of pneumonia |
| Year | 2005 |
| PMID | 16026842 |
| Fungal Diseases involved | Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia |
| Associated Medical Condition | None |
| Genus | Pneumocystis |
| Species | jirovecii |
| Organism | Pneumocystis jirovecii |
| Ethical Statement | The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and informed consent was signed by all the patients included. (Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Auto `noma de Barcelona, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916 Badalona, Spain) |
| Site of Infection | None |
| Opportunistic invasive | None |
| Sample type | Body fluid |
| Sample source | Serum |
| Host Group | Human |
| Host Common name | Human |
| Host Scientific name | Homo sapiens |
| Biomarker Name | PCT |
| Biomarker Full Name | Procalcitonin |
| Biomarker Type | Diagnostic |
| Biomolecule | Protein |
| Geographical Location | Spain |
| Cohort | The study population was adult patients admitted to Emergency Department presenting clinical signs of lower respiratory tract infection and a new infiltrate on the chest radiograph. Samples from a total of 289 patients were collected during an 18 months period and, of these, 217 were considered, after retrospective analysis by expert clinicians, to present lower respiratory tract infection. |
| Cohort No. | 289 |
| Age Group | None |
| P Value | None |
| Sensitivity | None |
| Specificity | None |
| Positive Predictive Value | None |
| MIC | None |
| Fold Change | None |
| Pathway | None |
| Disease Introduction Mechanism | None |
| Technique | Immunological assay |
| Analysis Method | Immunoluminometric assay |
| ELISA kits | immunolumino-metric assay Kit (Lumitestw PCT, Brahms Diagnostica, Hennigsdorf/Berlin, Germany), enzyme immunoassay kit (Neopterin ELISA, IBL Hamburg, Germany) |
| Assay Data | immunolumino-metric assay (Lumitestw PCT, Brahms Diagnostica, Hennigsdorf/Berlin, Germany) |
| Validation Techniques used | Immunoluminometric assay |
| Up Regulation Down Regulation | Positive |
| Sequence Data | None |
| External Link | None |
