Prospective study on procalcitonin and other systemic infection markers in patients with leukocytosis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-324

  Indino, Pamela ^a   Lemarchand, Pierre ^b   Bady, Pierre ^c   de Torrenté, Antoine ^a   Genné, Louis ^a   Genné, Daniel ^a  

^a Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^b Fondation des laboratoires neuchâtelois   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Leukocytosis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BRAIN INFECTION; CHOLANGITIS; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 42349090969     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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