TY - JOUR AU - Nikzad, Mahsa AU - Banafshe, Hamid Reza AU - Momen-Heravi, Mansooreh AU - Haddad Kashani, Hamed AU - Shiehmorteza, Maryam PY - 2021 DA - 2021/03/03 TI - The effect of vitamin C on procalcitonin biomarker in community‐acquired pneumonia JO - Clinical and Molecular Allergy SP - 1 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a prevalent low respiratory infection. Diagnosis is based on clinical symptoms, radiologic evidence and culture. Biomarkers such as IL6, CRP and procalcitonin are helpful in diagnosis. Procalcitonin is a soluble biomarker in serum that increase in systemic inflammation and bacterial infections. People with normal procalcitonin have low risk to infect pneumonia. Patient with CAP have more oxidative stress than normal people. Studies show that receiving vitamin C can reduce incidence of pneumonia. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of vitamin C supplement on procalcitonin biomarker in patient with CAP. SN - 1476-7961 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12948-021-00140-1 DO - 10.1186/s12948-021-00140-1 ID - Nikzad2021 ER -