Elevated inflammatory markers combined with positive pneumococcal urinary antigen are a good predictor of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1175-1179

  Galetto Lacour, Annick ^a   Alcoba, Gabriel ^a   Posfay Barbe, Klara M ^b   Cevey Macherel, Manon ^c   Gehri, Mario ^c   Ochs, Martina M ^d   Brookes, Roger H ^e   Siegrist, Claire Anne ^b   Gervaix, Alain ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

^e Sanofi Pasteur   (Canada)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; children; community acquired pneumonia; pneumococcal infections; pneumococcal urinary antigen; procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RESPIRATORY VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; URINALYSIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84886947283     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829ba62a     Document Type: Article

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