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Community-Acquired Epidemiology
Study data from University of Udine, Department of Paediatrics update understanding of community-acquired epidemiology
April 10th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Efficacy of serum procalcitonin in evaluating severity of community-acquired pneumonia in childhood." According to recent research from Udine, Italy, "Microbe-specific diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in childhood is difficult in clinical practice. Chest radiographs and non-specific inflammatory markers have been used to separate presumably bacterial from viral infection but the results have been inconsistent." "The aim of the present study was to evaluate the usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) in assessing the severity as well as the bacterial or viral aetiology of CAP. Serum PCT was measured by an...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-04-10)
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