Is C-reactive protein level useful in differentiating infected from uninfected neonates among those at risk of infection?

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 895-900

  Mathai, Elizabeth ^a,b   Christopher, Usha ^a   Mathai, Matthews ^a   Jana, Atanu Kumar ^a   Rose, Dolly ^a   Bergström, Staffan ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AMNIOINFUSION; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; FEVER; GENITAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MECONIUM; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEONATAL SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEPSIS;

EID: 4844223512     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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