[Procalcitonin as a marker of severe bacterial infection in children]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2004 Oct 18;166(43):3804-7.
[Article in Danish]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Infections / blood*
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Biomarkers / blood*
  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / blood
  • Meningitis, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Meningitis, Viral / blood
  • Meningitis, Viral / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / blood
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Protein Precursors / blood*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sepsis / blood*
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Sepsis / virology
  • Urinary Tract Infections / blood
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CALCA protein, human
  • Protein Precursors
  • Calcitonin
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide