The Clinical Study of the Detection of Procalcitonin in Infants and Young Children with Serious Pneumonia

Objective: To discuss the clinical value of procalcitonin detection in infants and young children with serious pneumonia.Method: 75 cases of serious pneumonia,40 cases bacterial pneumonia,and 25 cases uiral pneumonia were enrolled into the study,and all the children were given PCT detection,and then it was contrasted between the three groups.Result: PCT of the bacterial pneumonia was significantly higher than viral pneumonia and mycoplasma pneumonia(P0.05);CRP of the viral pneumonia was significantly lower than of the bacterial pneumonia and the mycoplasma pneumonia(P0.01);According to the PCT values from high to low arrangement in the bacterial pneumonia,they were respectively severe pneumonia group,mild pneumonia group,and the control group(P0.05);PCT,WBC and CRP values in convalescence was significantly lower than before in the severe pneumonia group(P0.01).Conclusion: There is a positive correlation between PCT serum concentration and severity of the infants with pneumonia,PCT can be decreased as the disease controled,it can be used as areliable indicators in diagnosing,differential diagnosing,condition judgment and prognostic evaluation in infants and young children with severe pneumonia.