C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 responses for differentiating fungal and bacterial aetiology in late-onset neonatal sepsis

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 212-216

  Oguz, Suna Serife ^a   Sipahi, Erden ^a   Dilmen, Ugur ^a  

^a Chest Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; C reactive protein; Fungal infection; Interleukin 6; Neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CANDIDA; CANDIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEPSIS;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 79954550440     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2009.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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