The future possibilities of diagnostic testing for the evaluation of febrile infants

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 888-889

  Mahajan, Prashant ^a   Ramilo, Octavio ^b   Kuppermann, Nathan ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84885215088     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.2491     Document Type: Short Survey

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