Procalcitonin, interleukin-6, C-reactive protein and leukocyte counts in infants with bronchiolitis [1]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 475-476

  Resch, Bernhard ^a   Gusenleitner, Walter ^a   Müller, Wilhelem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bronchiolitis; Interleukin 6; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 0037572051     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000066196.23839.b0     Document Type: Letter

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