Comparison of neutrophil volume distribution width to C-reactive protein and procalcitonin as a proposed new marker of acute infection

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 777-784

  Charafeddine, Khalil M ^a   Youssef, Amira M ^a   Mahfouz, Rami A R ^a   Sarieddine, Doja S ^a   Daher, Rose T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Acute infection; CRP; Haematology indices; Neutrophil volume distribution width; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80052493230     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.585179     Document Type: Article

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