Serum procalcitonin for prediction of renal parenchymal involvement in children with urinary tract infections: A meta-analysis of prospective clinical studies

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Mantadakis, Elpis ^a   Plessa, Eleni ^b   Vouloumanou, Evridiki K ^b   Karageorgopoulos, Drosos E ^b   Chatzimichael, Athanasios ^a   Falagas, Mathew E ^b,c,d  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^c HENRY DUNANT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHRON; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEPHRONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 73949090446     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.06.037     Document Type: Article

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