Leukocyte adhesiveness/aggregation test (LAAT) to discriminate between viral and bacterial infections in children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 519-522

  Urbach, J ^a   Lebenthal, Y ^a   Levy, S ^a   Berliner, S ^b   Leibovitz, E ^b   Aronson, M ^c   Branski, D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b D Tel Aviv Medical Center   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Leukocyte adhesiveness; Leukocyte aggregation; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0033887516     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2000.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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