Accurate diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis: How helpful is procalcitonin?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 715-721

  Güven, Ayfer G ^a   Kazdal, Halis Z ^a   Koyun, Mustafa ^a   Aydn, Funda ^b   Güngör, Frat ^b   Akman, Sema ^a   Baysal, Yunus Emre ^a  

^a Departments of Paediatrics and Division of Nephrology   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; DMSA; Procalcitonin; Pyelonephritis; UTI

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SCAR; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID;

EID: 33747056237     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000230072.61941.71     Document Type: Article

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