Significance of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white blood cell count in identifying children with infectious pneumonia

Objective To explore significances of differential clinically diagnosis of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white blood cell count in children with infectious pneumonia. Methods Ninety children with infantile pneumonia admitted by this hospital from October 2013 to April 2014 were selected into the observation group, 54 patients with pneumonia admitted by this hospital during such period were selected into the control group, calcitonin, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white blood cell count tests were applied on patients in two groups, and results were compared and analyzed. Results The(+) detection rate of CRP in the observation group was 47.78%, the(+) detection rate of WBC hit 38.87%,(+)detection rate of PCT hit 91.11%. The comparison x2 in three test index CRP, WBC and PCT hit 36.5287, 16.8201, and 109.3631, P 0.05 respectively, and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion The monitoring on procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and white blood cell count is helpful to differential diagnosis on pediatric infectious pneumonia clinically, and dynamic testing is capable of promoting the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia, being of high value of clinical use.