Diagnostic Accuracy of Routinely Available Biomarkers to Predict Bacteremia in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of the GPIP/ACTIV Pneumonia Study in France, 2009–2018

Diagnostic Accuracy of Routinely Available Biomarkers to Predict Bacteremia in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Secondary Analysis of the GPIP/ACTIV Pneumonia Study in France, 2009–2018

Objective(s): Blood cultures (BC), when performed in children seen in the emergency department with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), are most of the time sterile. We described the diagnostic accuracy of white blood cells (WBC), absolute neutrophils count (ANC), C-reactive protein (CRP), and proca...

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Main Authors: Danaé Dudognon, Corinne Levy, Martin Chalumeau, Sandra Biscardi, Marie-Aliette Dommergues, François Dubos, Karine Levieux, Marie Aurel, Philippe Minodier, Ferielle Zenkhri, Ellia Mezgueldi, Irina Craiu, Laurence Morin, Stéphane Béchet, Emmanuelle Varon, Robert Cohen, Jérémie F. Cohen, The Pneumonia Study Group, François Angoulvant, Yves Gillet, Christèle Gras-Le Guen, Isabelle Hau, Laure Hees, Elise Launay, Mathie Lorrot, Fouad Madhi, Alain Martinot, Naim Ouldali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
pneumonia
bacteremia
biomarkers
procalcitonin (PCT)
pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
diagnostic test
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.684628/full

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