Pleural Effusion Increases Serum Procalcitonin Values in Children with Community-acquired Pneumonia

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2015 Aug;34(8):914-5. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000763.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Calcitonin / blood*
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Child, Preschool
  • Community-Acquired Infections / blood*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pleural Effusion / blood*
  • Pleural Effusion / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia / blood*
  • Pneumonia / epidemiology
  • Prospective Studies
  • Protein Precursors / blood*

Substances

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