The clinical host response to microbial infection in medical patients with fever

Chest

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 380-390

  Bossink, Ailko W J ^a,c   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a,c   Hack, C Erik ^b,c   Thijs, Lambertus G ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Fever; Infection; Prediction; Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CELL COUNT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032806240     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.116.2.380     Document Type: Article

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