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

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Title		Elevated inflammatory markers combined with positive pneumococcal urinary antigen are a good predictor of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in children
Authors		Galetto-Lacour, Annick Alcoba Wright, Fermin Gabriel Posfay Barbe, Clara Cevey-Macherel, Manon Gehri, Mario Ochs, Martina M Brookes, Roger H Siegrist, Claire-Anne Gervaix, Alain show all authors [1 - 9]
Published in		Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2013, vol. 32, no. 11, p. 1175-9
Abstract		Our objective was to evaluate procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) as predictors of a pneumococcal etiology in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized children.
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31829ba62a PMID: 23694836
Full text		Article (Published version) (460 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie
Research groups		Centre de Vaccinologie et d'Immunologie néonatale (177) Etiologie des pneumonies et marqueurs inflammatoires chez l'enfant fébrile (183) Groupe Posfay-Barbe Clara (pédiatrie générale) (853)
Citation (ISO format)		GALETTO-LACOUR, Annick et al. Elevated inflammatory markers combined with positive pneumococcal urinary antigen are a good predictor of pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in children. In: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2013, vol. 32, n° 11, p. 1175-9. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:35500