Reliability of procalcitonin concentrations for the diagnosis of sepsis in critically Ill neonates

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 664-672

  Chiesa, Claudio ^a   Panero, Alessandra ^b   Rossi, Naila ^b   Stegagno, Michele ^b   De Giusti, Maria ^b   Osborn, John F ^b   Pacifico, Lucia ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE MARKER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031957066     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514576     Document Type: Article

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