Procalcitonin in pediatric emergency departments for the early diagnosis of invasive bacterial infections in febrile infants: results of a multicenter study and utility of a rapid qualitative test for this marker

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 895-904

  Lpez, Anna Fernndez ^a   Cubells, C Luaces ^a   Garca, J J Garca ^a   Pou, J Fernndez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Child; Fever; Invasive bacterial infection; Procalcitonin; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIREMIA;

EID: 0142025400     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000091360.11784.21     Document Type: Article

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