Urine interleukin-8 is a marker for urinary tract infection in postoperative patients

Infection

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 274-277

  Olszyna, D P ^a   Vermeulen, H ^b   Baan, A H ^c   Speelman, P ^b   Van Deventer, S J H ^a   Gouma, D J ^b   Van der Poll, T ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Interleukin 8; Leukocyturia; Surgery; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABDOMEN; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; KINETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034805864     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-001-1157-z     Document Type: Article

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