Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of the 10 patients.
| Patient no./Sex/Age, d | Infection data | Initial signs | RF | CF | NA | LOS in NICU, d | Final diagnosis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRP (mg/dl) | PCT (ng/ml) | IL-6 (pg/ml) | |||||||
| 1/M/19 | 205.08 | 16.44 | 1,387 | fever, tachypnea | + | + | − | 19 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| 2/F/4 | >320 | 1.07 | 181.5 | fever, cough, dyspnea | + | + | − | 33 | Legionella pneumophila |
| 3/F/2 | 206.68 | >100 | >5,000 | cough, fever | + | + | − | 26 | Moraxella catarrhalis Staphylococcus aureus |
| 4/F/38 | 3.74 | 0.16 | 13.46 | spasmodic cough | + | − | − | 11 | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| 5/M/52 | 41.84 | 0.17 | 76.92 | fever, abdominal distention | + | − | − | 83 | Ureaplasma parvum |
| 6/M/5 | 98.46 | 2.32 | 165.8 | fever, cyanosis | + | + | + | 47 | Streptococcus mitis |
| 7/M/23 | 33.06 | 0.31 | 101.0 | cough, fever, tachypnea | + | − | + | 43 | Streptococcus pasteuri Human betaherpesvirus 5 |
| 8/M/7 | 122.59 | >100 | >5,000 | fever, convulsion | + | + | + | 40 | Escherichia coli |
| 9/M/3 | 192.9 | 12.18 | 324.1 | fever, convulsion | − | − | + | 26 | Streptococcus agalactiae |
| 10/F/15 | 168.1 | 18.12 | 23.06 | fever, dyspnea, convulsion | + | + | + | 13 | Bacillus cereus |
F, female; M, male; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, Procalcitonin; IL-6, cinterleukin 6; RF, Respiratory failure; CF, Circulatory failure; NA, Neurological abnormality; LOS, length of stay; and NICU, neonatal intensive care unit.