Comparison of procalcitonin with interleukin 8, C-reactive protein and differential white blood cell count for the early diagnosis of bacterial infections in newborn infants

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 666-671

  Franz, Axel R ^a,b   Kron, Martina ^a   Pohlandt, Frank ^a   Steinbach, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Blood culture; C reactive protein; Differential white blood cell count; Interleukin 8; Newborn infant; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-8; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0345034751     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199908000-00003     Document Type: Article

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