Procalcitonin versus CRP as an early indicator of fetal infection in preterm premature rupture of membranes

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Canpolat, Fuat Emre ^a   Yiǧit, Şule ^a   Korkmaz, Ayşe ^a   Yurdakök, Murat ^a   Tekinalp, Gülsevin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Infection; Interleukin 6; Preterm premature rupture of membranes; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL MEMBRANES, PREMATURE RUPTURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80052043706     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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