PROCALCITONIN
01 Overview
02 Details
Why Get Tested?
To help diagnose sepsis if you are critically ill and to help determine your risk of progressing to severe sepsis and septic shock; to help identify serious bacterial infections and to distinguish between bacterial and non-bacterial conditions; to help guide antibiotic treatment.
When to Get Tested?
When you are seriously ill and have signs and symptoms of a systemic infection or sepsis; when you have signs and symptoms that may be due to a bacterial infection and your healthcare practitioner wants to determine whether antibiotics would be effective; at intervals to monitor effectiveness of antibiotic treatment.
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm.
Test Preparation Needed?
None