Delta neutrophil index: Could it predict mortality in patients with bacteraemia?

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 475-480

  Kim, Hye Won ^a   Ku, Su ^a   Jeong, Su Jin ^a   Jin, Sung Joon ^a   Han, Sang Hoon ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^a   Kim, June Myung ^a   Song, Young Goo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Delta neutrophil index; Immature granulocyte; Mortality; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; DELTA NEUTROPHIL INDEX; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862516252     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.657232     Document Type: Article

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