Acute phase response in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-160

  Urbach, Joseph ^a   Shapira, Itzhak ^a   Branski, David ^a   Berliner, Shlomo ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2',5' OLIGOADENYLATE SYNTHASE; ADENYLATE KINASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; AUTACOID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALPROTECTIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYXOVIRUS RESISTANCE PROTEIN A; PROCALCITONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE ADHESIVENESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1242269261     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000115735.78960.a4     Document Type: Review

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