Fever, abnormal white blood cell count, neutrophilia, and elevated serum C-reactive protein in adult hospitalized patients with bacteremia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 474-478

  Manian, Farrin A ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

blood cultures; C reactive protein; fever; white blood cell count

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865997346     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3182641608     Document Type: Article

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