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<p>Procalcitonin is a new generation marker used to differentiate bacterial from viral pneumonia. Although it is not a test routinely used in practice, it can be included in diagnosis and treatment algorithm of pneumonia in children. Studies have shown the effectiveness of procalcitonin in determining of duration of antibiotherapy and hospitalization, too. The test is superior to the other laboratory parameters, compared to reactive C protein, inclusively. Depending on the result of the pulmonary x-ray (bacterial pneumonia) admitted patients were included in: study group – patients with increased values of procalcitonin, and control group – patients with normal values ones. The study proposed a comparative analysis; the correlation index was used to demonstrate how laboratory parameters can interact, and the evolutionary trend of studied parameters was analysed. The results are consistent with the literature data, validating the superiority of procalcitonin in establishing the etiologic diagnosis and the treatment evaluation in bacterial pneumonia in children.</p>
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Procalcitonin is a new generation marker used to differentiate bacterial from viral pneumonia. Although it is not a test routinely used in practice, it can be included in diagnosis and treatment algorithm of pneumonia in children. Studies have shown the effectiveness of procalcitonin in determining of duration of antibiotherapy and hospitalization, too. The test is superior to the other laboratory parameters, compared to reactive C protein, inclusively. Depending on the result of the pulmonary x-ray (bacterial pneumonia) admitted patients were included in: study group – patients with increased values of procalcitonin, and control group – patients with normal values ones. The study proposed a comparative analysis; the correlation index was used to demonstrate how laboratory parameters can interact, and the evolutionary trend of studied parameters was analysed. The results are consistent with the literature data, validating the superiority of procalcitonin in establishing the etiologic diagnosis and the treatment evaluation in bacterial pneumonia in children.

How Much Procalcitonin we use in Differentiation of Bacterial Pneumonia in Children?

Acta Medica Transilvanica

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Procalcitonin is a new generation marker used to differentiate bacterial from viral pneumonia. Although it is not a test routinely used in practice, it can be...

How Much Procalcitonin we use in Differentiation of Bacterial Pneumonia in Children?

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 20 - 22

Reçu: 10 mai 2021

Accepté: 04 juin 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0026

Mots clés
bacterial/community-acquired pneumonia, procalcitonin, correlation index

© 2021 Adeline Larisa Horga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

How Much Procalcitonin we use in Differentiation of Bacterial Pneumonia in Children?

Publié en ligne: 05 août 2021

Pages: 20 - 22

Reçu: 10 mai 2021

Accepté: 04 juin 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amtsb-2021-0026

Mots clésbacterial/community-acquired pneumonia, procalcitonin, correlation index

© 2021 Adeline Larisa Horga, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
bacterial/community-acquired pneumonia, procalcitonin, correlation index