Can procalcitonin measurement help the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis? A prospective trial

• Main Authors: Faesch Sabine (Author), Cojocaru Bogdan (Author), Hennequin Carole (Author), Pannier Stéphanie (Author), Glorion Christophe (Author), Lacour Bernard (Author), Chéron Gérard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2009-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>Procalcitonin (PCT) is an accurate marker for differentiating bacterial infection from non-infective causes of inflammation or viral infection. However, there is only one study in children which tested procalcitonin as a diagnostic a...