Clinical Focus ›› 2021, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (8): 704-707.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2021.08.006

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Application value of cerebrospinal fluid and serum PCT and CRP in diagnosis of central nervous system infection

Li Dan1(), Hua Guohui2   

  1. 1. Department of Neurology, Fushun No.2 Hospital, Fushun 113000, China
    2. Department of Medicine, General Hospital of Fushun Petrochemical Industry, Fushun 113000, China
  • Received:2021-06-02 Online:2021-08-20 Published:2021-08-30
  • Contact: Li Dan E-mail:1477323207@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the application value of cerebrospinal fluid and serum procalcitonin(PCT), C-reactive protein(CRP) in diagnosis of infection of the central nervous system(ICNS). Methods Totally 72 ICNS patients admitted to our hospital from Jan 2016 to Dec 2020 were selected as observation group, they were divided into pyogenic infection subgroup (44 cases) and viral infection subgroup (28 cases) by infection type; in addition, 80 no-ICNS patients were regarded as control group. Cerebrospinal fluid and serum CRP, PCT level between groups were counted.Results Cerebrospinal fluid and serum PCT, CRP were higher in observation group than in control group (P<0.05); PCT, CRP in serum and cerebrospinal fluid were higher in pyogenic infection subgroup than in viral infection subgroup (P<0.05); ROC curve analysis showed that important factors for predicting ICNS were PCT (AUC=0.890), CRP (AUC=0.823) of cerebrospinal fluid, as well as serum PCT (AUC=0.793), CRP (AUC=0.729)(P<0.01). Conclusion Cerebrospinal fluid and serum PCT, CRP can be used as an indicator for diagnosis of ICNS, of which PCT of cerebrospinal fluid has a higher diagnostic efficiency.

Key words: central nervous system infections, diagnosis, inflammatory cytokines

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