Procalcitonin in the early diagnosis of nosocomial sepsis in preterm neonates

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 114-118

  Fendler, Wojciech M ^a   Piotrowski, Andrzej J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Intensive care; Neonatology

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40149104829     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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