Procalcitonin in detecting neonatal nosocomial sepsis

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Auriti, Cinzia ^a   Fiscarelli, Ersilia ^a   Ronchetti, Maria Paola ^a   Argentieri, Marta ^a   Marrocco, Gabriella ^a   Quondamcarlo, Anna ^a   Seganti, Giulio ^a   Bagnoli, Francesco ^b   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^b   Serra, Giovanni ^c   Bacolla, Gianfranco ^d   Mastropasqua, Savino ^e   Mari, Annibale ^f   Corchia, Carlo ^a   Prencipe, Giusi ^a   Piersigilli, Fiammetta ^a   Ravà, Lucilla ^a   Di Ciommo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^e DI VENERE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PROBABILITY;

EID: 84865833856     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fetalneonatal-2010-194100     Document Type: Article

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