Procalcitonin Level and Kinetics in Children With Bacterial Infections

Shaare Zedek Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lobar Pneumonia; Cellulitis; Meningitis; Urinary Tract Infection; Septic Arthritis; Bacteremia; Osteomyelitis; Mastoiditis; Bacterial Infections

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00714402

pct.ctil

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purposes of this study are:

1. To determine whether procalcitonin level at admission of pediatric patients with bacterial infections can be used as a marker for prediction of defervescence and hospitalization length
2. To examine the kinetics of procalcitonin in pediatric patients with bacterial infections and persistent fever

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 days to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Positive blood, urine, synovial, bone, pleural effusion, abscess or CSF culture
• Cellulitis, lobar pneumonia, osteomyelitis,

Trial design

50 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

children with proven of probable invasive bacterial infections