Combination of clinical symptoms and blood biomarkers can improve discrimination between bacterial or viral community-acquired pneumonia in children
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DOI: 10.1186/s12890-019-0835-5
Abstract: BackgroundDifferentiating bacterial from viral pneumonia is important for guiding targeted management and judicious use of antibiotics. We assessed if clinical characteristics and blood inflammatory biomarkers could be used to distinguish bacterial from viral pneumonia.MethodsWestern Australian… read more here.
Keywords: definite bacterial; presumed viral; bacterial pneumonia; viral pneumonia ... See more keywords