Beyond the complete blood cell count and C-reactive protein: A systematic review of modern diagnostic tests for neonatal sepsis

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 511-516

  Malik, Arinder ^a   Hui, Charles P S ^a   Pennie, Ross A ^a   Kirpalani, Haresh ^a,b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEREMIA; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0038121105     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.6.511     Document Type: Article

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