Predictive value of lymphocytopenia and the neutrophil-lymphocyte count ratio for severe imported malaria

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Wolfswinkel, Marlies E ^a   Vliegenthart Jongbloed, Klaske ^a   De Mendonça Melo, Mariana ^a   Wever, Peter C ^b   McCall, Matthew B ^c   Koelewijn, Rob ^a   Van Hellemond, Jaap J ^a,c   Van Genderen, Perry J ^a,d  

^a Harbour Hospital   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Havenziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Falciparum; Leukocyte count; Lymphocytopenia; Malaria; Marker; NLCR; Severe disease; Severity

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHIL LYMPHOCYTE COUNT RATIO; PARASITE CLEARANCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM OVALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOPENIA; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875011488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-101     Document Type: Article

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