Discrepancy between total white blood cell counts and serum C-reactive protein levels in febrile children

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 560-565

  Peltola, Ville ^a   Toikka, Pia ^a   Irjala, Kerttu ^a,b   Mertsola, Jussi ^a   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Mehilainen Corporation   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYSIPELAS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OSTEOMYELITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34347335686     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540601158722     Document Type: Article

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