A hemodialysis patient with Mycobacterium avium complex pericarditis in which remarkable presepsin elevation was not accompanied by procalcitonin elevation

• Published in: Renal replacement therapy Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 20 - 4
• Main Author: Shiota, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer Nature B.V 16.04.2020; BMC
• Subjects: Antibiotics; Antibodies; Antigens; Biomarkers; Blood; Case reports; Cytokines; Cytomegalovirus; Epstein-Barr virus; Granulomas; Hemodialysis; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunocompetence; Infections; Kidney diseases; Laboratories; Mycobacterium avium complex; Patients; Pericarditis; Plasma; Presepsin; Procalcitonin; Japan

Abstract Background The application of presepsin for diagnosing infections in hemodialysis (HD) patients has not been confirmed yet. In addition, whether presepsin can detect atypical mycobacterial infection or not remains unknown. Case presentation We describe the case of a 66-year-old male HD pati...