Host biomarkers and combinatorial scores for the detection of serious and invasive bacterial infection in pediatric patients with fever without source.

<h4>Background</h4>Improved tools are required to detect bacterial infection in children with fever without source (FWS), especially when younger than 3 years old. The aim of the present study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of a host signature combining for the first time two...

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Main Authors: Laurence Lacroix, Sebastien Papis, Chiara Mardegan, Fanny Luterbacher, Arnaud L'Huillier, Cyril Sahyoun, Kristina Keitel, Niv Mastboim, Liat Etshtein, Liran Shani, Einav Simon, Eran Barash, Roy Navon, Tanya M Gottlieb, Kfir Oved, Eran Eden, Christophe Combescure, Annick Galetto-Lacour, Alain Gervaix
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294032&type=printable