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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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
2022-09-01
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