Cord blood levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 for the immediate diagnosis of early-onset infection in premature infants

Biology of the Neonate

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 118-123

  Krueger, Marcus ^a,c   Nauck, Markus S ^b   Sang, Sibylle ^a   Hentschel, Roland ^a   Wieland, Heinrich ^b   Berner, Reinhard ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Neonatal sepsis; Random access chemiluminescence

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

APGAR SCORE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034885583     PISSN: 00063126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047130     Document Type: Article

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