Elevated serum procalcitonin values correlate with renal scarring in children with urinary tract infection.

Prat, Cristina

Elevated serum procalcitonin values correlate with renal scarring in children with urinary tract infection. [electronic resource] - The Pediatric infectious disease journal May 2003 - 438-42 p. digital

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

0891-3668

10.1097/01.inf.0000066161.48499.0e doi


Bacterial Infections--diagnosis
Biomarkers--analysis
Calcitonin--analysis
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child, Preschool
Cicatrix--pathology
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Kidney--pathology
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Probability
Protein Precursors--analysis
Pyelonephritis--diagnosis
ROC Curve
Radioimmunoassay
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severity of Illness Index
Spain--epidemiology
Statistics, Nonparametric
Urinary Tract Infections--diagnosis