I roto i te pakanga ki te ātete ki ngā paturopi me te sepsis, kotahi te tohu koiora kei te whakarerekē i ngā ture o te rongoā ohorere: ko te Procalcitonin (PCT). I mua he uara taiwhanga motuhake, kua riro te whakamātautau PCT hei taputapu matua mō ngā tākuta puta noa i te ao.

Ka tino piki ake ngā taumata PCT hei whakautu ki ngā mate kitakita engari ka noho iti tonu i te wā e pāngia ana e ngā mate huaketo, e ngā mumura rānei. He mea nui tēnei rerekētanga. I ia tau, e miriona ngā tūroro e whiwhi ana i ngā paturopi kore e hiahiatia ana mō te mate pūkahukahu huaketo, te rewharewha rānei, ka tere ake te raruraru o ngā superbug ātete rongoā. "Mā te ine i te PCT, ka taea e tātou te whakamutu māia i ngā paturopi ina iti ngā taumata," te kī a Tākuta Emily Hart, he tohunga mate pāwera. "Ka tiakina e tēnei ā mātou patu mō ngā tūmomo riri kitakita tūturu."

Haunga te tiaki, he mea whakaora te PCT i te sepsis. Kāore pea i te mārama ngā tohu tuku iho, engari ko te pikinga o te pānui PCT e whakaū ana i te whakaekenga huakita pūnaha i mua i te taenga mai o ngā hua o te ahurea toto. Mō ia haora ka whakaroahia te maimoatanga, ka piki ake te mate mā te 8%. Mā te whakamātautau PCT tere ka taea e ngā tākuta te wehewehe i te sepsis mai i te mumura pūnaha kore-pango i te wā tonu, ka whakaoho i te tiaki kaha mō te hunga e hiahia ana - me te karo i ngā whakaurunga ICU mō te hunga kāore e hiahia ana.

Kua pūrongohia e ngā hōhipera e whakamahi ana i ngā tikanga PCT auau te hekenga tae atu ki te 40% o ngā rā paturopi me te poto ake o ngā noho ICU. I te pikinga ake o ngā huaketo manawa o te takurua, ka āraihia e te whakamātautau te hapa noa o te rongoā i ngā tohumate huaketo me ngā rongoā kitakita.

Ehara i te mea he tau noa te Procalcitonin; he mahere mō te rongoā tika. I tēnei wā e whai tikanga ana ia paturopi, ia meneti hoki i roto i te sepsis, kāore te whakamātautau PCT i te mea papai – engari ko te paerewa tiaki.