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We tested its' diagnostic accuracy in comparison to endoscopy and evaluated its' usefulness in comparison to Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) and fecal Calprotectin (FC).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Children with CD and thickened bowel wall on abdominal US were prospectively enrolled. Disease activity was evaluated with quantitative CEUS, PCDAI and FC and compared to a simple endoscopic score for Crohn's disease (SES\u2010CD). Spearman's correlation and Cohen's kappa statistic between the SES\u2010CD and other disease activity measures were performed and diagnostic accuracies calculated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>36 children 3.5\u201318\u2009years old (mean age 14\u2009years) were included. The quantitative CEUS had 78.57% sensitivity (95%CI 0.59\u20130.92), 100% specificity (95%CI 0.63\u20131.0) and 83.33% diagnostic accuracy (95% CI 0.67\u20130.94). The concordance remission agreement with endoscopy was substantial for quantitative CEUS and PCDAI (quantitative CEUS: <jats:italic>\u03ba<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.62; 95% CI 0.363\u20130.877; PCDAI: <jats:italic>\u03ba<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.615; 95% CI 0.311\u20130.920), but only fair for FC (<jats:italic>\u03ba<\/jats:italic>\u00a0=\u00a00.389; 95% CI 0.006\u20130.783). Correlation between all measures and endoscopy was moderate and statistically significant (quantitative CEUS: <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u00a0=\u00a00.535, PCDAI: <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u00a0=\u00a00.543, FC: <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic><jats:sub>s<\/jats:sub>\u00a0=\u00a00.497).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Quantitative CEUS has a potential of becoming a complementary method for evaluation of CD activity in children due to its' high specificity in comparison to endoscopy. 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