Clinical utility of procalcitonin in febrile infants younger than 3 months of age visiting a pediatric emergency room: a retrospective single-center study

• Main Authors: Jun-Sung Park (Author), Young-Hoon Byun (Author), Jeong-Yong Lee (Author), Jong Seung Lee (Author), Jeong-Min Ryu (Author), Seung Jun Choi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Fever in infants under 90 days of age is highly likely to be caused by a severe bacterial infection (SBI) and it accounts for a large number of patients visiting the pediatric emergency room. In order to predict the bacterial infection and reduce unnecessary treatment, the classi...