Procalcitonin as a useful marker of infection in hemato-oncological patients with fever

Anticancer Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5 B, 2008, Pages 3061-3065

  Sandri, Maria T ^a   Passerini, Rita ^a   Leon, Maria E ^a   Peccatori, Fedro A ^a   Zorzino, Laura ^a   Salvatici, Michela ^a   Riggio, Daniela ^a   Cassatella, Cristina ^a   Cinieri, Saverio ^a,b   Martinelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b A Perrino Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Infection; Leukopenia; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMIKACIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749104246     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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