Role of procalcitonin and CRP in diagnosis and follow-up of neonatal sepsis

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-29

  Köksal, Nilgün ^a   Harmanci, Ramazan ^a   Çetinkaya, Merih ^a   Hacimustafaoǧlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Newborn; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34247117874     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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