The role of procalcitonin as a predictor of nosocomial sepsis in preterm infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1571-1576

  Turner, Dan ^a,b   Hammerman, Cathy ^a   Rudensky, Bernard ^a   Schlesinger, Yechiel ^a   Schimmel, Michael S ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Late onset sepsis; Nosocomial sepsis; Preterm infants; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

BACTERIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; ISRAEL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 33845275123     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250600767811     Document Type: Article

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