Role of Serum Procalcitonin in Identifying Young Febrile Infants With Invasive Bacterial Infections: One Step Closer to the Holy Grail?

JAMA Pediatr. 2016 Jan;170(1):17-8. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3267.

Authors

Nathan Kuppermann¹, Prashant Mahajan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento2Department of Pediatrics, University of California-Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento.
² Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit4Department of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit.

PMID: 26595161
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3267

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Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacterial Infections / blood*
Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Calcitonin / blood*
Female
Fever / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Protein Precursors / blood*

Substances

Protein Precursors
Calcitonin