Rapid quantitative procalcitonin measurement to diagnose nosocomial infections in newborn infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jacquot, Aurélien ^a   Labaune, J M ^b   Baum, T P ^a   Putet, G ^b   Picaud, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; CROSS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 69249118277     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.155754     Document Type: Article

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