Procalcitonin and viral meningitis : reduction of unnecessary antibiotics by measurement during an outbreak
OBJECTIVE: Viral meningitis are often treated with antibiotics in emergency because routine analysis of CSF is not always efficient for distinguishing between viral and bacterial infection. The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) to reduce antibiotic treatments.
METHODS AND RESULTS: A blood PCT level < 0.5 ng/mL was prospectively used for the diagnosis of viral origin of meningitis in 58 patients (two months-14 years), in which enterovirus was isolated by culture or PCR during an outbreak (May-June 2000). CSF cells range was 10 to 2800/mL (m: 244), PMN 5 to 2464/mL and CSF proteins range was 0.19 to 0.92 mg/dL (m: 0.37). Seventeen patients received antibiotic therapy in admission. In nine patients, PCT (dosage was routinely measured 3/week) result < 0.5 ng/mL was obtained in 24 h and in 48 h in six: treatment was then stopped and children led hospital. In two patients, PCT was > 1 ng/mL because of bacterial coinfection. CSF and PCT values were similar to those of an already published control group.
CONCLUSION: PCT dosage allowed to shorten hospitalization of 4.47 (controls) to 2.06 (patients) days in patients receiving unnecessary antibiotic treatments. During this outbreak, PCT dosage allowed to reduce 40 days of hospitalization.
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Artikel |
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| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2002 |
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2002 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9 |
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| Enthalten in: |
Archives de pediatrie : organe officiel de la Societe francaise de pediatrie - 9(2002), 4 vom: 20. Apr., Seite 358-64 |
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Französisch |
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| Weiterer Titel: |
Procalcitonine et méningites virales: réduction des traitements antibiotiques inutiles par le dosage en routine au cours d'une épidémie |
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| Beteiligte Personen: |
Marc, E [VerfasserIn] |
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| Themen: |
9007-12-9 |
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Date Completed 19.06.2002 Date Revised 01.09.2019 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
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| 520 | |a OBJECTIVE: Viral meningitis are often treated with antibiotics in emergency because routine analysis of CSF is not always efficient for distinguishing between viral and bacterial infection. The aim of the study was to evaluate the usefulness of procalcitonin (PCT) to reduce antibiotic treatments | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS AND RESULTS: A blood PCT level < 0.5 ng/mL was prospectively used for the diagnosis of viral origin of meningitis in 58 patients (two months-14 years), in which enterovirus was isolated by culture or PCR during an outbreak (May-June 2000). CSF cells range was 10 to 2800/mL (m: 244), PMN 5 to 2464/mL and CSF proteins range was 0.19 to 0.92 mg/dL (m: 0.37). Seventeen patients received antibiotic therapy in admission. In nine patients, PCT (dosage was routinely measured 3/week) result < 0.5 ng/mL was obtained in 24 h and in 48 h in six: treatment was then stopped and children led hospital. In two patients, PCT was > 1 ng/mL because of bacterial coinfection. CSF and PCT values were similar to those of an already published control group | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: PCT dosage allowed to shorten hospitalization of 4.47 (controls) to 2.06 (patients) days in patients receiving unnecessary antibiotic treatments. During this outbreak, PCT dosage allowed to reduce 40 days of hospitalization | ||
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