Procalcitonin measurement at 24hours of age may be helpful in the prompt diagnosis of early-onset neonatal sepsis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Altunhan, H ^a   Annagur A ^a   Ors R ^a   Mehmetoglu I ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Early onset neonatal sepsis; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCITONIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS; FEVER; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL FEVER; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOLLNER SCORE; BLOOD; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; ONSET AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE OF ONSET; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 82455187969     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2011.09.007     Document Type: Article

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