Protein levels for diagnosis of Salmonella gastroenteritis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 471-473

  Meloni, Gian Franco ^a,c   Tomasi, Paolo A ^b   Spanu, Paolo ^a   Piga, Sergio ^a   Porcu, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Ospedade S Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^c Viale S Pietro 12   (Italy)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Gastroenteritis; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033126939     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199905000-00017     Document Type: Article

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