Change and clinical significance of serum CRP, ESR and WBC in children with bacterial pneumonia

Objective: To study the change and clinical significance of serum C reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and leucocyte (WBC) in children with bacterial pneumonia. Methods: The levels of serum CRP, ESR and WBC of 118 cases of children with bacterial pneumonia were determined during the early stage and the recovery period. Results: In the 118 cases of children, 93.2% showed increased CRP, 63.6% showed increased WBC, 52.5% showed increased ESR. CRP and WBC came down in recovery period, the decrease of CRP was maximal. Conclusion: Detecting serum CRP and WBC is helpful to diagnose bacterial pneumonia, detecting CRP is helpful to evaluate the efficacy of bacterial pneumonia.