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Table 7 Clinical information

From: 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

 

Classification

A (n = 108)

B (n = 116)

C (n = 122)

Department

Respiratory

36

36

55

 

Intensive Care Unit

25

1

1

 

Infectious Diseases

18

30

17

 

Neonatology

22

0

0

 

Renal Immunology

2

8

8

 

Emergency Medicine

2

6

1

 

Neurology

1

0

4

 

Urology

1

0

0

 

Hematology

1

0

3

 

Internal Medicine General Ward

0

13

8

 

Division of Rheumatology

0

10

9

 

Cardiology

0

12

12

 

Endocrinology

0

0

3

 

Gastroenterology

0

0

1

Age

0 ~  < 1Y

40

13

14

 

1 ~  < 3Y

23

29

35

 

3 ~  < 14Y

43

73

72

 

14 ~  < 18Y

2

1

1

Gender

Male

61

54

54

 

Female

47

62

68

Clinical diagnoses

Pneumonia

67

34

44

 

Upper respiratory tract infection

7

41

32

 

Other infections

7

18

13

 

Fever

7

14

13

 

Heart disease

4

0

1

 

Asphyxia

2

0

1

 

Jaundice

2

0

0

 

Intestinal obstruction

2

0

0

 

Epilepsy

2

0

1

 

Tumor

2

0

0

 

Kawasaki disease

0

0

3

 

Other diagnosis

6

9

14