Diagnostic test accuracy of point-of-care procalcitonin to diagnose serious bacterial infections in children

• Main Authors: Thomas Waterfield (Author), Julie-Ann Maney (Author), Mark D Lyttle (Author), James P McKenna (Author), Damian Roland (Author), Michael Corr (Author), Bethany Patenall (Author), Michael D Shields (Author), Kerry Woolfall (Author), Derek Fairley (Author), On behalf of Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have called for research into the role of biomarkers, and specifically procalcitonin (PCT), for the early diagnosis of serious bacterial infections (SBI) in children. The aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic...