Neumonía adquirida en la comunidad por gérmenes atípicos: tratamiento y evolución

Is serum procalcitonin a reliable diagnostic marker in children with acute respiratory tract infections? A retrospective analysis

“…It is common clinical practice to treat patients with verified or suspected atypical lower respiratory tract infections with macrolides or doxycycline. In the literature, however, the indication for antimicrobial therapy in atypical pneumonia and its effectiveness are discussed rather controversially [8,22,23]. Within a possible prospective PCT-guided intervention trial, children with atypical (predominantly M. pneumoniae and C. pneumoniae, only rare cases of L. pneumophila in childhood) respiratory tract infections and PCT levels <0.1 ng/ml would obviously not be treated with antibiotics.…”