Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis of vertical transmission;Procalcitonina para el diagnóstico de sepsis neonatal de transmisión vertical

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Perez Solis D ^a   Lopez Sastre J B ^a   Coto Cotallo, G D ^a   Dieguez Junquera Ma A ^a   Deschamps Mosquera, E Ma ^a   Crespo Hernandez M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological markers; C reactive protein; Calcitonin; Leukocyte count; Newborn; Sepsis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646823643     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086522     Document Type: Article

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