The use of procalcitonin in the diagnosis of late-onset infection in neonatal intensive care unit patients

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1063-1066

  Isidor, Betrand ^a   Caillaux, Gaelle ^a   Gilquin, Valérie ^a   Loubersac, Virgine ^a   Caillon, Jocelyne ^a,b   Roze, Jean Christophe ^a   Guen, Christèle Gras Le ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University School of Medicine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36348949620     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701466181     Document Type: Article

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