Plasma procalcitonin levels in children with adenovirus infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 582-583

  Elenius, Varpu ^a   Peltola, Ville ^a   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a   Ylihärsilä, Minna ^b   Waris, Matti ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; PENICILLIN G; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TONSILLITIS;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 84861482419     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301308     Document Type: Letter

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