Endotoxin, cytokines, and procalcitonin in febrile patients admitted to the hospital: Identification of subjects at high risk of mortality

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1343-1348

  Van Langevelde, Petra ^a   Joop, Karin ^a   Van Loon, Jenny ^a   Frölich, Marijke ^a   Groeneveld, Paul H P ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a   Van Dissel, Jaap T ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; PROCALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENDOTOXEMIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CALCITONIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYTOKINES; ENDOTOXEMIA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SHOCK;

EID: 0034573087     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317480     Document Type: Article

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