Test ID: PCT
Procalcitonin, Serum
Secondary ID 
A test code used for billing and in test definitions created prior to November 2011
83169
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Diagnosis of bacteremia and septicemia in adults and children (including neonates)
Diagnosis of renal involvement in urinary tract infection in children
Diagnosis of bacterial infection in neutropenic patients
Diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring of septic shock
Diagnosis of systemic secondary infection post-surgery, and in severe trauma, burns, and multiorgan failure
Differential diagnosis of bacterial versus viral meningitis
Differential diagnosis of community-acquired bacterial versus viral pneumonia
Monitoring of therapeutic response to antibacterial therapy
Method Name A short description of the method used to perform the test
Homogeneous Time-Resolved Fluorescence
Reporting Name A shorter/abbreviated version of the Published Name for a test; an abbreviated test name
Procalcitonin, S
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