Can procalcitonin measurement help the diagnosis of osteomyelitis and septic arthritis? A prospective trial

[1] Yuan HC(2006)Characteristics and outcome of septic arthritis in children J Microbiol Immunol Infect 39 342-7

[2] Wu KG(2005)Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children: one year experience Arch Pédiatr 12 16-22

[3] Chen CJ(2001)Diagnostic of acute haemetogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: 20 years experience at the University Children's Hospital Basel Swiss Med Wkly 131 575-81

[4] Tang RB(2005)Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children J Paediatr Child Health 41 59-62

[5] Hwang BT(2003)Assessment of the test characterictics of C-reactive protein for septic arthritis in children J Pediatr Orthop 23 373-7

[6] Timsit S(1993)High serum procalcitonin concentrations in patients with sepsis and infection Lancet 341 515-8

[7] Pannier S(2004)Procalcitonin and the calcitonin gene family of peptides in inflammation, infection and sepsis: a journey from calcitonin back to its precursors J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 1512-25

[8] Glorion C(2004)Use of quantitative and semi quantitative procalcitonin measurements to identify children with sepsis and meningitis Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23 136-8

[9] Chéron G(2004)Procalcitonin: a marker of severity of acute pyelonephritis among children Pediatrics 114 e249-54

[10] Bonhoeffer J(2004)Serum procalcitonin and C-rective protein levels as markers of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis Clin Infect Dis 39 1867-8

[1] Yuan HC(2006)Characteristics and outcome of septic arthritis in children J Microbiol Immunol Infect 39 342-7

[2] Wu KG(2005)Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children: one year experience Arch Pédiatr 12 16-22

[3] Chen CJ(2001)Diagnostic of acute haemetogenous osteomyelitis and septic arthritis: 20 years experience at the University Children's Hospital Basel Swiss Med Wkly 131 575-81

[4] Tang RB(2005)Acute osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children J Paediatr Child Health 41 59-62

[5] Hwang BT(2003)Assessment of the test characterictics of C-reactive protein for septic arthritis in children J Pediatr Orthop 23 373-7

[6] Timsit S(1993)High serum procalcitonin concentrations in patients with sepsis and infection Lancet 341 515-8

[7] Pannier S(2004)Procalcitonin and the calcitonin gene family of peptides in inflammation, infection and sepsis: a journey from calcitonin back to its precursors J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 1512-25

[8] Glorion C(2004)Use of quantitative and semi quantitative procalcitonin measurements to identify children with sepsis and meningitis Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 23 136-8

[9] Chéron G(2004)Procalcitonin: a marker of severity of acute pyelonephritis among children Pediatrics 114 e249-54

[10] Bonhoeffer J(2004)Serum procalcitonin and C-rective protein levels as markers of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis Clin Infect Dis 39 1867-8