Total white blood cell count, erythrosedimentation rate and C-reactive protein for the detection of serious bacterial infections in 0- to 90-day-old infants with fever without a source;Leucocitos en sangre, eritrosedimentación y proteína C reactiva en pacientes de 0 a 90 días de edad con fiebre sin focalización

Anales de Pediatria

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 103-109

  Cuello Garcia C A ^a   Tamez Gomez L ^a   Valdez Ceballos, J ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Fever; Infants; Leukocytes; Serious bacterial infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MENINGITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 40549121261     PISSN: 16954033     EISSN: 16959531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13116223     Document Type: Article

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