Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation

Cousin, Vladimir; Lambert, Kalinka; Trabelsi, Shahar; Galetto-Lacour, Annick; Posfay Barbe, Klara; Wildhaber, Barbara; Mclin, Valérie Anne

doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2234-y

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Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation

ContributorsCousin, Vladimir; Lambert, Kalinka; Trabelsi, Shahar; Galetto-Lacour, Annick; Posfay Barbe, Klara; Wildhaber, Barbara; Mclin, Valérie Anne

Published inBMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 17, no. 1, 149

Publication date2017

Abstract

Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT measurements to detect bacterial infection in a cohort of children immediately after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT).

Keywords

Bacterial Infections/blood/diagnosis
Biomarkers/blood
Calcitonin/blood
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide/blood
Child
Preschool
Early Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Liver Transplantation
Male
Peritonitis/blood/diagnosis
Postoperative Complications/blood/diagnosis
Predictive Value of Tests
Protein Precursors/blood
ROC Curve
Retrospective Studies

Affiliation

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

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Citation (ISO format)

COUSIN, Vladimir et al. Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation. In: BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017, vol. 17, n° 1, p. 149. doi: 10.1186/s12879-017-2234-y

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PID : unige:98690
DOI : 10.1186/s12879-017-2234-y
PMID : 28201980

ISSN of the journal1471-2334

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Procalcitonin for infections in the first week after pediatric liver transplantation

Procalcitonin (PCT) has become a commonly used serum inflammatory marker. Our aim was to describe the kinetics and usefulness of serial post-operative PCT measurements to detect bacterial infection in a cohort of children immediately after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT).

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