Diagnostic problems of nosocomial infections in patients with severe sepsis and ongoing antimicrobial treatment - Efficiency and value of serum inflammatory markers and routine microbiological monitoring

Clinical Intensive Care

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 113-123

  Weiss, Guenter ^a   Benedix, Frank ^b   Lippert, Hans ^b  

^a Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MAGDEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laboratory and microbiological monitoring; Nosocomial infections; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CATHETER INFECTION; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 50549099379     PISSN: 09563075     EISSN: 14737752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09563070701824040     Document Type: Article

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