Cost-effectiveness of procalcitonin for detection of serious bacterial infections in children presenting with fever without source

INTRODUCTION: Procalcitonin (PCT) offers better specificity than C-reactive protein (CRP) to detect SBI. However, their cost limited their use and routine application. The objective of this work is to determine the cost-effectiveness of PCT against CPR or Rochester scale in infants between 1 and 3 m...

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Autores principales: Buendía, Jefferson Antonio, Guerrero Patiño, Diana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35473509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03293-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040337/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35473509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03293-3

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