Diagnostic value of an interleukin-6 bedside test in term and preterm neonates at the time of clinical suspicion of early- and late-onset bacterial infection

Neonatology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-44

  Batfalsky, A ^a   Lohr, A ^a   Heussen, N ^b   Neunhoeffer, F ^c   Orlikowsky, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Bedside test; Infants; Interleukin 6; Neonate; Preterm infants; Sepsis; Term infants

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 6 BEDSIDE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859714484     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336632     Document Type: Article

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