Table 1.
Main clinical diagnoses of the 243 patients established after expert evaluation (blinded to PCT results)
| Major diagnosis | Number of patients (%) | Aetiology (n [%]) | ||
| Bacterial | Viral | Parasitic | ||
| Infection | 202 (83) | 154 (76) | 35 (17) | 13 (7) |
| Respiratory tract infection | 69 (28) | 62 (90) | 6 (8.5) | 1 (1.5) |
| Urinary tract infection | 42 (21) | 42 | - | - |
| Digestive tract infection | 19 (9.4) | 15 (79) | 4 (21) | - |
| Flu-like | 14 (7) | - | 14 | - |
| Malaria | 12 (6) | - | - | 12 |
| Bacteraemia of unknown origin | 12 (6) | 12 | - | - |
| Ear nose and throat infection | 9 (4.5) | 5 (55) | 4 (45) | - |
| Wound and soft tissue infection | 7 (3.5) | 7 | 0 | - |
| Bone and joint infection | 3 (1.5) | 3 | ||
| Peritonitis | 3 (1.5) | 3 | 0 | - |
| Viral meningitis | 4 (1.3) | - | 4 | - |
| Purulent meningitis | 2 (2) | 2 | - | - |
| Endocarditis | 2 (2) | 2 | - | - |
| Brucellosis | 1 (0.5) | 1 | - | - |
| Chronic viral infection | 2 (2) | - | 2 | - |
| Herpes simplex | 1 (0.5) | - | 1 | - |
| Non-infectious febrile episodes | 41 (17) | |||
| Febrile neutropenia and | 7 | - | - | - |
| Neoplasic fever | ||||
| Heatstroke | 24 | - | - | - |
| FUO | 3 | - | - | - |
| Acute pancreatitis | 2 | - | - | - |
| Haemophagocytic syndrome | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alcoholic hepatitis | 1 | - | - | - |
| Systemic vasculitis | 1 | - | - | - |
| Drug hypersensitivity syndrome | 1 | - | - | - |
| Acute appendicitis | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | 243 (100) | |||
FUO, fever of unknown origin; PCT, procalcitonin.