Procalcitonin and neopterin levels do not accurately distinguish bacterial from viral infections in ill-returned travellers with fever

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 264-266

  Te Witt, René ^a   Hassing, Robert Jan ^a   Petit, Pieter P ^b   Van Belkum, Alex ^a,c   Van Genderen, Perry J ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Vlietland Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c Microbiology Research Unit   (France)

^d Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CRP; Leukocyte differential counts; Neopterin; Procalcitonin; Travellers

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; NEOPTERIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMPORIATRICS; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; RICKETTSIOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPTERIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL; VIRUS DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858290987     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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