Marker of Disease in Infants

A Useful Marker of Invasive Disease in Well- Appearing Febrile Infants Key point: Procalcitonin is better than C-reactive protein and white blood cell count for predicting bacterial infection in well- appearing infants aged <3 months. Citation: Gomez B, Mintegi S, Da Dalt L, Blazquez D, et al. Di- agnostic value of procalcitonin in well-appearing young febrile  infants.  Pediatrics. 2012;130(5):815-822. Differentiating between serious bacterial infection and minor viral illness in febrile infants is often difficult. To …

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