Background Differentiating bacterial from viral pneumonia is important for guiding targeted
management and judicious use of antibiotics. We assessed if clinical characteristics and …

Background Pneumonia causes significant morbidity and mortality in children worldwide,
especially in resource-poor settings. Accurate identification of bacterial etiology leads to …

Background Distinguishing bacterial from viral pneumonia on admission to the hospital
could guide the decision of whether or not to use antibiotics. We developed and validated a …

BACKGROUND: Host biomarkers predict disease severity in adults with community-
acquired pneumonia (CAP). We evaluated the association of the white blood cell (WBC) …

Recommendations for the management of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) advocate
that, in the absence of the clinical and laboratory findings typical of bacterial CAP, antibiotics …

In this prospective, observational study on previously healthy children< 18 years, we aimed
to study the diagnostic ability of clinical features and inflammatory markers to (i) predict …

Background: Microbe‐specific diagnosis of pediatric community‐acquired pneumonia (CAP)
and the distinction between typical‐bacterial, atypical‐bacterial and viral cases are difficult …

We aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of applying cut-off levels of inflammatory
markers and to develop a prediction model for differentiation between bacterial and viral …

Background and objectives The goal of this literature review is to compare current studies
regarding the accuracy of different serum markers in differentiating viral from bacterial …

Background: Serum C‐reactive protein (CRP), blood white cell count (WBC), serum
procalcitonin (PCT) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) were measured in 132 …