Open AccessRole of procalcitonin as a predictor of clinical outcome in acute diabetic foot infections: A prospective study
Author(s) -
Adlyne Reena Asirvatham,
Usha Me,
Praveen V Pavithran,
Jayakumar R. Vasukutty,
Harish Kumar,
Nisha Bhavani,
Arun S Me,
Vasantha Nair,
Vivek Lakshmanan,
Ajit Varma,
M. Sukumaran,
Antonin Bal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/ijem.ijem_525_18
Subject(s) - procalcitonin , medicine , diabetic foot , outcome (game theory) , intensive care medicine , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , sepsis , endocrinology , mathematics , mathematical economics
Prediction of outcome in diabetic foot infection (DFI) remains difficult due to lack of active signs of infection, and apparently normal white blood cell (WBC) count. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) have been studied previously in this regard and were not useful. Hence, we evaluated procalcitonin (PCT) as a prognostic marker in this study.