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Markers that predict serious bacterial infection in infants under 3 months of age presenting with fever of unknown origin
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- Procalcitonin is not necessarily better than C-reactive protein in febrile infants under 3 months ofPublished on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Procalcitonin is not necessarily better than C-reactive protein in febrile infants under 3 months ofShow More
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Olaciregui et al. reported an interesting article and concluded that the diagnostic value of procalcitonin (PCT) is greater than C reactive protein (CRP) in predicting infants with more invasive bacterial diseases (sepsis, bacteraemia). However, due to the following reasons, the conclusion should be more conservative.
First, the authors claimed that the area under curve (AUC) is greater...
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