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Table 1 Table of biomarkers

From: Clinical review: The role of biomarkers in the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia

 

Widely available biomarkers

Potential future biomarkers

Biomarkers of inflammation

Tumor necrosis factor alpha

IL-1β

 

Lactate

IL-6

  

IL-10

Biomarkers of coagulation

Activated partial thromboplastin time

Protein C

 

Platelets

D-dimer

 

Fibrinogen

Thrombin-antithrombin complexes

 

Disseminated intravascular coagulation scores

Prothrombin fragment 1.2

  

Activated partial thromboplastin time waveform analysis

Biomarkers of infection

C-reactive protein

Adrenomedullin

 

Procalcitonin

Pro-adrenomedullin

 

Blood urea nitrogen

B-type natriuretic peptide

 

Leukocytes

Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1)

 

Endotoxin

High mobility group box-1

 

PCR

 

Biomarkers of stress

Cortisol

Copeptin