Prediction of infectious events by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level before undergoing chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukaemia

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 97-101

  Sato, Miki ^a   Kako, Shinichi ^a   Oshima, Kumi ^a   Sato, Ken ^a   Terasako, Kiriko ^a   Kimura, Shun Ichi ^a   Nakasone, Hideki ^a   Okuda, Shinya ^a   Yamazaki, Rie ^a   Higuchi, Takakazu ^a   Nishida, Junji ^a   Kanda, Yoshinobu ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ANORECTAL INFECTION; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749151983     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365540903331019     Document Type: Article

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