Procalcitonin (PCT) interference in an immunometric calcitonin assay

Abstract

Results show that in septic patients there is visible interference of PCT in the calcitonin determination, principally in the IRMA method (polyclonal AB); while no such relationship was observed in the ELISA method (monoclonal AB).

Keywords

• Immunoassays
• thyroid hormones
• analytical techniques
• method selection and validation
• CRP and biochemical markers of infection
• C-Reactive protein