Markers for bacterial infection in children with fever without source

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

doi:10.1136/adc.2010.203760

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Markers for bacterial infection in children with fever without source

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

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

Publication date2011

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

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

Research group

Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183)

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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PID : unige:25318
DOI : 10.1136/adc.2010.203760
PMID : 21278424

ISSN of the journal0003-9888

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Markers for bacterial infection in children with fever without source

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.

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