Using procalcitonin levels to predict infection and reduce unnecessary antibiotic usage in febrile children aged 3-36 months

Using procalcitonin levels to predict infection and reduce unnecessary antibiotic usage in febrile children aged 3-36 months

Introduction: High risk features including body temperature (BT) ≥ 39 °C, inactive appearance, white blood cells (WBC) ≥ 15,000 cells/mm3, or absolute band count (ABC) ≥ 1,500 cells/mm3 have low sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) to discriminate between bacterial and viral infections,...

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Main Authors: Piyanuch Thongsamer, Kamolwish Laoprasopwattana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
Subjects:
fever
procalcitonin
infant
antibiotic
Online Access:https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/14640
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