Open AccessStudy 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 (ijhs) (en línea)
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.