Determination of Procalcitonin, C-Reactive Protein and White Blood Cell Levels to Diagnose Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP)

Indian J Pediatr. 2019 Aug;86(8):763. doi: 10.1007/s12098-019-02938-z. Epub 2019 Apr 4.

Authors

Fuyong Jiao¹, Jianping Chen², Mengmeng Wang³, Senthil Arun Kumar⁴, Xiaohong Li¹, Tiantian Han¹

Affiliations

¹ Children's Hospital, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
² Tianyou Children's Hospital, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine, Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China.
⁴ School of Biotechnology/Bioinformatics, D Y Patil Deemed to be University, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. senthil.ibt@gmail.com.

PMID: 30949918
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-019-02938-z

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

C-Reactive Protein / metabolism*
Child
Child, Preschool
China
Community-Acquired Infections / diagnosis*
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
Female
Humans
Leukocyte Count*
Male
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / microbiology
Procalcitonin / metabolism*

Substances

Procalcitonin
C-Reactive Protein