Optimizing the Care Pathway of Febrile Children Via Capillary C-reactive Protein Assay in Primary Care

Inclusion criteria

• The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
• Children consulting primary health institutes with fever (temperature ≥ 38°C) requiring CRP testing:

• Fever > 12h in infants aged 3 to 6 months
• Fever ≥ 5 days in children over 6 months of age
• Fever >12h regardless of age, and at the time of consultation, the doctor is concerned about the child's general condition, the tolerance of the fever, or doubts about a bacterial focus (e.g. suspicion of pneumopathy, appendicitis, etc.).
• No severity criteria necessitating immediate hospitalization
• No bacterial infection whose diagnosis is exclusively clinical or identified by other means (e.g. purulent AOM, bacterial angina identified by RDT, etc.).
• Child whose parents and child have been informed about the study, and at least one parent has given consent for their child's participation in the study.
• Enrolment of the child according to their capacity of discernment (for children aged 12 and over, enrolment is essential).
• Child affiliated to or benefiting from a health insurance scheme

Exclusion criteria

• The subject is participating in a category 1 interventional study, or a study with drug or medical device
• Premature infants under one year of age
• Immunosuppression
• Sunstroke
• Chronic infection
• Malignant pathology
• Autoimmune pathology
• Sickle cell disease
• Child with a central catheter