Use of the complete blood cell count in late-onset neonatal sepsis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 803-807

  Hornik, Christoph P ^a,b   Becker, Kristian C ^b   Benjamin, Daniel K ^a,b,c   Li, Jennifer ^a,b   Clark, Reese H ^d   Cohen Wolkowiez, Michael ^a,b   Brian Smith, P ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Pediatrix Obstetrix Center for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

blood cell count; late onset sepsis; neonatal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; LATE ONSET NEONATAL SEPSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGE OF ONSET; AREA UNDER CURVE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84863988762     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31825691e4     Document Type: Article

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