Use

Used in the diagnosis of bacteremia and septicemia in adults and children (including neonates), renal involvement in urinary tract infection in children, bacterial infection in neutropenic patients, and in the diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring of septic shock, systemic secondary infection post‑surgery, as well as in severe trauma, burns, and multiorgan failure. Also useful for differential diagnosis of bacterial versus viral meningitis and community‑acquired bacterial versus viral pneumonia, and for monitoring therapeutic response to antibacterial therapy.