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JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 343-348Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2019.10.015
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Diabetes; Infection; Procalcitonin; ROC curve; Elderly patient
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [81770848]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2019J01175]
- Young and Middle-aged Talents Training Project of Fujian Provincial Health Commission [2018-ZQN-1]
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Objective: Aimed to investigate the predictive value of procalcitonin (PCT) in early detection of infections in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes, and to discover the optimum cut-off points of PCT. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted with type 2 diabetic patients (>= 65 years) with lung infection (LI), urinary tract infection (UTI) or skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the 3 markers (PCT, WBC count, and CRP) were constructed and compared to assess their accuracies in diagnosing. Results: Among the three different groups with LI, UTI or SSTI, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) of PCT was 0.98 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.96-0.99, p < 0.05) for the LI group, 0.98 (95% CI: 0.96-0.99, p < 0.05) for the UTI group, and 0.97 (95% CI: 0.94-1.00, p < 0.05) for the SSTI group. The optimum cutoff point of PCT level was 0.73 ng/mL (Sn 89.7%, Sp 97.7%) for the LI group, 1.48 ng/mL (Sn 88.9%, Sp 100%) for the UTI group, and 0.73 ng/mL (Sn 85.7%, Sp 97.7%) for the SSTI group. Conclusion: PCT demonstrated the strongest correlation with each of the infection types, indicating significant diagnostic value. Optimum cut-off points of PCT levels in elderly diabetes were higher. (c) 2019 Japanese Society of Chemotherapy and The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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