Is procalcitonin better than C-reactive protein for early diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in children?

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Khan, Dilshad Ahmad ^a   Rahman, Aisha ^a   Khan, Farooq Ahmad ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; C reactive protein; Children; Diagnostic accuracy; Procalcitonin; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AREA UNDER CURVE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 75749153278     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20333     Document Type: Article

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