title: Lack of value of procalcitonin for prediction of coronary aneurysms in Kawasaki disease.
abstract: We studied the clinical, biologic (white blood cells, C-reactive protein and procalcitonin) and echocardiographic findings in 18 children hospitalized for Kawasaki disease from January 1999 until February 2006 to determine if procalcitonin is a useful marker to predict coronary aneurysms. In our study, contrary to earlier reports, elevated procalcitonin was not correlated with development of coronary aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pédiatrie Générale, Hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catalano-Pons
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: André
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chalumeau
authors.forename: Sylvie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guérin
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gendrel
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D013223:Statistics as Topic
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide