Validation of C-reactive protein in the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Kumar, R ^a   Musoke, R ^b   Macharia, W M ^c   Revathi, G ^c  

^a Gertrude's Garden Children's Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTHCARE;

EID: 84872045172     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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