Comparison of procalcitonin with CRP and differential white blood cell count for diagnosis of culture-proven neonatal sepsis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 620-622

  Blommendahl, Janne ^a   Janas, Martti ^a   Laine, Seppo ^a   Miettinen, Ari ^a   Ashorn, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036042022     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540210147723     Document Type: Article

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