Proinflammatory cytokines and procalcitonin in children with acute pyelonephritis

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1445-1448

  Gürgöze, Metin Kaya ^a,b   Akarsu, Saadet ^a   Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Gödekmerdan, Ahmet ^a   Akça, Zehra ^a   Çiftçi, Ismail ^a   Aygün, A Denizmen ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute phase reactant; Acute pyelonephritis; Children; Procalcitonin; Proinflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; CALCITONIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 26044467136     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1941-6     Document Type: Article

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