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Markers for bacterial infection in children with fever without source

Contributors

Manzano, Sergio; Bailey, Benoit; Gervaix, Alain; Cousineau, Jocelyne; Delvin, Edgar; Girodias, Jean-Bernard

Published in

Archives of disease in childhood, vol. 96, no. 5, p. 440-446

Publication date

2011

Abstract

To compare the diagnostic properties of procalcitonin (PCT), C reactive protein (CRP), total white blood cells count (WBC), absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and clinical evaluation to detect serious bacterial infection (SBI) in children with fever without source.

Keywords

  • Bacterial Infections/complications
  • Biological Markers/blood
  • C-Reactive Protein/analysis
  • Calcitonin/blood
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Female
  • Fever of Unknown Origin/microbiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Neutrophils/pathology
  • Pneumococcal Vaccines
  • Protein Precursors/blood
  • Urinary Tract Infections/complications

UNIGE affiliation entities

UNIGE research groups

Citation (ISO format)

MANZANO, Sergio et al. Markers for bacterial infection in children with fever without source. In: Archives of disease in childhood, 2011, vol. 96, n° 5, p. 440–446. doi: 10.1136/adc.2010.203760

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0003-9888
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