Study of Procalcitonin and neutrophil/ lymphocyte count ratio in children infected with Community-acquired pneumonia | Zendy

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Study of Procalcitonin and neutrophil/ lymphocyte count ratio in children infected with Community-acquired pneumonia

Author(s) -

Rana Ahmed Najm,

Arshad Noori Al-Dujaili,

Jasim Mohammed Hashim

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

international journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2550-6978

pISSN - 2550-696X

DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.5845

Subject(s) - procalcitonin , pneumonia , community acquired pneumonia , medicine , neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio , white blood cell , absolute neutrophil count , biomarker , lymphocyte , gastroenterology , immunology , sepsis , biology , neutropenia , biochemistry , toxicity

Objective: Investigate the expression of procalcitonin (PCT) in children infected with Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), and its correlation to the number of white blood cells (WBC), and neutrophil/ lymphocyte count ratio (NLR). The current study included sixty (60) patient suffering from acquired community pneumonia aged range between one year to larger than 6 years, gander (30) female and (30) male Childs in Al Zahara Teaching Hospitals in Najaf Provenance , during November 2020 – M arch 2021. The (30) control Child without suffering any of symptoms or criteria of acquired community pneumonia our results show a significant increment (p 0.05) different in biomarker procalcitonin level between female and male pneumonia child patients. Serum procalcitonin level demonstrate a statistically significant elevation (p <0.05) in the pneumonia child patient among the age (1-3 y) when compare with other ages.

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