Procalcitonin to detect invasive bacterial infection in non-toxic-appearing infants with fever without apparent source in the emergency department

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 645-647

  Luaces Cubells, Carlos ^a   Mintegi, Santiago ^b   García García, Juan José ^a   Astobiza, Eider ^b   Garrido Romero, Roser ^a   Velasco Rodríguez, Jesús ^a   Benito, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections diagnosis; C reactive protein; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCULT BACTEREMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 84861526247     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31824dacf4     Document Type: Article

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