Impact of Procalcitonin on the Management of Children Aged 1 to 36 Month Presenting With a Fever Without a Source
Impact of Procalcitonin on the Management of Children Aged 1 to 36 Month Presenting With a Fever Without a Source
Serious bacterial infections are often difficult to detect in children with fever without
 source. Procalcitonin is a better blood marker of infection than White blood cell count and
 possibly than C-reactive protein. This could lead to a reduction in antibiotic prescription.
 Our objective is to evaluate the impact of Procalcitonin result on antibiotic prescription in
 children 1 to 36 month old with fever without source and our hypothesis is that it will lower
 the antibiotic prescription rate
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Children 1-36 months

 -  With rectal temperature >38.0 C

 -  And no identified source of infection after history and physical examination

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  acquired or congenital immunodeficiency