Procalcitonin. A new marker for bacterial infection;Procalcitonina: Un nuevo marcador de infección bacteriana

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-73

  Casado Flores, J ^a   Blanco Quiros A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Meningitis; Procalcitonin; Sepsis; Sepsis shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; PROCALCITONIN; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT DISEASE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; PNEUMONIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 17144462607     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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