The significance of C reactive protein for diagnosis of transmissibility pneumonia

Objective To explore the clinical significance of c-reactive protein(CRP) in the pediatric pneumonia.Methods All of 203 children with pneumonia in hospitalized patients were selected as study group,80 healthy children as control group,CRP and WBC were recorded.Results The CRP(F = 346.83,P 0.01),the positive rate of CRP(χ2=241.36,P 0.01),the number of WBC(F = 952.88,P 0.01) and the positive rate of WBC(χ2=186.27,P 0.01) in bacterial infection group increased significantly compared with viral infection group and normal control group(P 0.01),while there were no significant differences between the viral pneumonia group and the control group.The positive rates of CRP(χ2=188.70,P 0.01)and WBC(χ2=180.14,P 0.01) were significantly different between pre-and post-treatment in bacterial infection group.Conclusion Serum CRP level has important clinical significant in diagnosis of pneumonia in children.