Potential and promising marker for serious bacterial infections in children: Delta neutrophil index.

Metin YigitAslinur Ozkaya-ParlakayNaci YilmazOzhan AkyolBelgin GulhanSaliha Kanik YuksekBasak Yalcin BurhanEnes K KilicCüneyt Karagöl

Published in: Journal of paediatrics and child health (2022)

SBIs in childrenare associated with an increase in DNI levels. Compared to other biomarkers, the DNI had higher specificity in predicting SBIs. The DNI may also be usefulin differentiating bacterial and non-bacterial infections in individualclinical syndromes. Currently, there is no evidence that serum DNI aids indifferentiating COVID-19 and upper respiratory tract infection.

Keyphrases

respiratory tract
coronavirus disease
sars cov
young adults
magnetic resonance imaging
risk assessment
respiratory syndrome coronavirus