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Review Article

Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for bacterial pneumonia in children – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Po-Yang TsouDepartment of Pediatrics, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA; ;Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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John RafaelSchool of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA;
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Yu-Kun MaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;
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Yu-Hsun WangDepartment of Pediatrics, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA; ;Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;
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Shekhar RajDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA;
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Santiago EncaladaDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Corpus Christi, TX, USA;
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Julia K. DeanehanDepartment of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 683-697 | Received 13 May 2020, Accepted 23 Jun 2020, Published online: 02 Jul 2020

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Olutobi Ojuawo, Ayotade Ojuawo, Adeniyi Aladesanmi, Mosunmoluwa Adio & Pui-Ying Iroh Tam. (2022) Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: a narrative review. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 16:7, pages 775-785.
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Ariel E. Carpenter & Meghan E. Hofto. (2023) Clinical progress note: Update in management in community acquired pneumonia in children. Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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August Wrotek, Oliwia Wrotek & Teresa Jackowska. (2022) Low Levels of Procalcitonin Are Related to Decreased Antibiotic Use in Children Hospitalized Due to Influenza. Diagnostics 12:5, pages 1148.
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Carmina Guitart, Javier Rodríguez‐Fanjul, Sara Bobillo‐Perez, José L. Carrasco, Emilio J. Inarejos Clemente, Francisco J. Cambra, Mònica Balaguer & Iolanda Jordan. (2021) An algorithm combining procalcitonin and lung ultrasound improves the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in critically ill children: The PROLUSP study, a randomized clinical trial. Pediatric Pulmonology 57:3, pages 711-723.
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Lourdes Cynthia Gunaratnam, Joan L Robinson & Michael T Hawkes. (2021) Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Biomarkers for Pediatric Pneumonia. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 10:9, pages 891-900.
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Nobuaki Shime. (2021) Did the Effect of the Guidelines eVAPorate? The Need for Improved Antimicrobial Stewardship Continues*. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 22:10, pages 925-927.
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Ritu Banerjee. (2021) CON: Procalcitonin does not have clinical utility in children with community-acquired pneumonia. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance 3:4.
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Andrés Pérez-López, Adam Irwin, Carlos Rodrigo & Cristina Prat-Aymerich. (2021) Role of C reactive protein and procalcitonin in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection in children in the outpatient setting. BMJ, pages n1409.
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Sophie E. Katz, Jennifer Crook, Rendie McHenry, Andras Szeles, Natasha Halasa & Ritu Banerjee. (2020) Prospective Observational Study to Determine Kinetics of Procalcitonin in Hospitalized Children Receiving Antibiotic Therapy for Non-Critical Acute Bacterial Infections. Infectious Diseases and Therapy 10:1, pages 595-603.
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Devki Nandan, Manju Nimesh, Sushil Kumar, Lucky Manik, J Sudarshan & Nandini Duggal. (2021) Serum procalcitonin as an early inflammatory marker in pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia: A prospective observational study. Journal of Pediatric Critical Care 8:5, pages 229.
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