title: In children under age three does procalcitonin help exclude serious bacterial infection in fever without focus?
authors: Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. david.herd@mac.com
authors: David
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authors: Herd
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide