Precalcitonin and C-reactive protein as markers in response to antibiotic treatment in ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care unit-hospitalized patients.

PCT serum level was higher than normal before the treatment and until 48 h after the therapy, and then it was found to have a decreasing trend.

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Results: CRP and PCT levels were high before the beginning of antibiotic therapy in all patients suffering from VAP and their CRP level had an increasing trend until 4 days after the beginning of therapy; however, from the 4 th day, it turned into decreasing trend.

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