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Table 1 Final diagnosis of patients (n = 317)

From: Clinical utility of procalcitonin in febrile infants younger than 3 months of age visiting a pediatric emergency room: a retrospective single-center study

 

n (%)

Bacterial infection (n = 61)

 UTI

55 (90.2)

 Pneumonia

3 (5.0)

 Bacteremia

1 (1.6)

 Bacterial meningitis

1 (1.6)

 Omphalitis

1 (1.6)

Non-bacterial infection (n = 256)

 Non-bacterial URTI

28 (10.9)

 Non-bacterial LRTI

11 (4.3)

 Non-bacterial meningitis

8 (3.1)

 Influenza

6 (2.3)

 Viral AGE

3 (1.2)

 Kawasaki disease

1 (0.4)

 Fever without focus

199 (77.8)

  1. Data presented as number (percentage)
  2. Abbreviation: AGE acute gastroenteritis, LRTI lower respiratory tract infection, URTI upper respiratory tract infection, UTI urinary tract infection