Utility of the tourniquet test and the white blood cell count to differentiate dengue among acute febrile illnesses in the emergency room

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Gregory, Christopher J ^a   Lorenzi, Olga D ^a   Colón, Lisandra ^b   García, Arleene Sepúlveda ^b   Santiago, Luis M ^a   Rivera, Ramón ^b   Bermúdez, Liv Jossette Cuyar ^b   Báez, Fernando ^b   Aponte, Delanor ^b   Tomashek, Kay M ^a   Gutierrez, Jorge ^b   Alvarado, Luisa ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (Puerto Rico)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLUENZA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TOURNIQUET TEST; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADULT; BLOOD; CHILD; DENGUE VIRUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; VASCULAR FRAGILITY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAPILLARY FRAGILITY; CHILD; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMICS; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 84855269244     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001400     Document Type: Article

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