Usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP), and white blood cell (WBC) levels in the differential diagnosis of acute bacterial, viral, and mycoplasmal respiratory tract infections in children

Table 5 Diagnosis of patients infected with common and rare bacteria

Clinical diagnoses	Common bacteria								Rare bacteria				Total
Clinical diagnoses	S. pneumoniae	S. aureus	E. coli	H. influenzae	M. catarrhalis	A. baumannii	P. aeruginosa	K. pneumoniae	Burkholderia	E. aerogenes	S. maltophilia	S. agalactiae
Pneumonia	23	17	7	7	6	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	67
Upper respiratory tract infection	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Other infections	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Fever	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Heart disease	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4
Asphyxia	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Jaundice	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Intestinal obstruction	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Epilepsy	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Tumor	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Kawasaki disease	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other diagnosis	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	6
Total	33	26	12	10	7	6	5	4	2	1	1	1	108

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