Role of serum procalcitonin in the diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response in treatment-naïve subjects with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) down-regulates plasma procalcitonin (PCT), marker of inflammation. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is associated with low IFN-γ levels. Thus, plasma PCT may be elevated in CPA and could have a role in diagnosing and monitoring treatment response in CPA. Herein, we inve...

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Published in:	Heliyon Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e15356
Main Authors:	Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh, Dhooria, Sahajal, Sachdeva, Naresh, Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash M., Prasad, Kuruswamy Thurai, Muthu, Valliappan, Aggarwal, Ashutosh Nath, Garg, Mandeep, Chakrabarti, Arunaloke, Agarwal, Ritesh
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2023 Elsevier
Subjects:	Aspergilloma aspergillosis blood serum CCPA CFPA chest confidence interval inflammation interferon-gamma itraconazole Pneumonia Pulmonary tuberculosis therapeutics tuberculosis Pneumonia CFPA CCPA Pulmonary tuberculosis Aspergilloma
ISSN:	2405-8440, 2405-8440
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