Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in newborn bacterial infection

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 313-323

  Mehr, S S ^a   Doyle, L W ^a   Rice, G E ^a   Vervaart, P ^a   Henschke, P ^a  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Newborn; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0034781847     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17857     Document Type: Article

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