Point-of-care testing for procalcitonin in identifying bacterial infections in young infants: a diagnostic accuracy study

• Main Authors: Thomas Waterfield (Author), Julie-Ann Maney (Author), Martin Hanna (Author), Derek Fairley (Author), Michael D. Shields (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The primary objective of this study was to report on the diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care testing (POCT) for procalcitonin (PCT) in identifying invasive bacterial infections in young infants. Invasive bacterial infection was defined as the isolation of a bacterial pathogen in...