New diagnostic biomarker in acute diarrhea due to bacterial infection in children

Conclusions Both serum PCT and sTREM-1 are valuable in the early diagnosis of acute bacterial infection-induced diarrhea in children, and there was markedly higher diagnostic discriminatory power for sTREM-1.

Source: International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - February 12, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: research