Serial interleukin 6 measurements in the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 267-271

  Trusler, J ^a   Viljoen, E ^b   Magudumana, O ^a   Ballot, D ^a   Cooper, P ^a   Cory, B ^a   Carter, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS;

EID: 0033786055     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.5.267     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Diagnostic audit of C reactive protein in neonatal infection
2. Diagnostic value of plasma levels of tumour necrosis factor a (TNFa) and interleukin 6 (IL6) in newborns with sepsis
3. Serum levels of interleukin 6 and acute phase responses
4. Evaluation of interleukin 6 and soluble receptors of tumour necrosis factor for early diagnosis of neonatal infection
5. Interleukin 6 and soluble interleukin 6 receptor in cord blood in the diagnosis of early onset sepsis in neonates
6. Cytokine elevations in critically ill infants with sepsis and necrotising enterocolitis
7. Interleukin 6 concentrations in neonates evaluated for sepsis
8. Interleukin 6: A sensitive parameter for the early diagnosis of neonatal bacterial infection
9. Significance of serial C reactive protein responses in neonatal infection and other disorders
10. Distinguishing sepsis from blood culture contamination in young infants with blood cultures growing coagulase-negative staphylococci
11. Interleukin 6 in the cerebrospinal fluid after perinatal asphyxia is related to early and late neurological manifestations