A case of extensive burn without sepsis showing high level of plasma presepsin (sCD14-ST)

• Main Authors: Masahiro Hayashi (Author), Yoriko Yaguchi (Author), Ken Okamura (Author), Emiko Goto (Author), Yu Onodera (Author), Asumi Sugiura (Author), Hiroto Suzuki (Author), Masaki Nakane (Author), Kaneyuki Kawamae (Author), Tamio Suzuki (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Presepsin (soluble CD14 subtype; sCD14-ST) is a biomarker that detects the existence and severity of sepsis. Previous studies have demonstrated that plasma presepsin levels can consistently distinguish systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to non-sepsis conditions from sepsis. We present a cas...