Procalcitonin is a marker of severity of renal lesions in pyelonephritis

Article Article scientifique Article Procalcitonin is a marker of severity of renal lesions in pyelonephritis eng 1998 author Benador Milsztajn Nadine 27941 author Siegrist Claire-Anne 26816 author Gendrel D author Greder Catherine 30483 author Benador Daivy 42725 author Assicot M author Bohuon C author Girardin Eric 25598 1422-1425 10.1542/peds.102.6.1422 9832579 1098-4275 In an attempt to differentiate acute pyelonephritis from lower urinary tract infection (UTI), we measured serum procalcitonin levels, a recently described marker of infection. We compared it with other commonly used inflammatory markers and evaluated its ability to predict renal involvement as assessed by dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scintigraphy. Calcitonin/blood Child Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Infant Male Prognosis Prospective Studies Protein Precursors/blood Pyelonephritis/blood/diagnosis/radionuclide imaging Radiopharmaceuticals/diagnostic use Sensitivity and Specificity Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid/diagnostic use Urinary Tract Infections/blood/diagnosis/radionuclide imaging Dewey 616.07 Dewey 618 137 Département de pathologie et immunologie 21F 58 Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique 223 false 143 Centre de Vaccinologie et d'Immunologie néonatale 177 179 L'hypertension pulmonaire (pédiatrie) 228 Pediatrics 102 6 2d03ea24-7bb1-4dbc-a6e7-2d9297cd9ce6 Article (Published version) Restricted 1422-1425.pdf 221069 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de pathologie et immunologie Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

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