Procalcitonin and interleukin 6 for predicting blood culture positivity in sepsis

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 448-451

  Naffaa, Mohammad ^a,b   Makhoul, Badira F ^a,b   Tobia, Amjad ^a,b   Kaplan, Marielle ^b,c   Aronson, Doron ^b,d   Azzam, Zaher S ^a,b   Saliba, Walid ^b,e  

^a Department of Internal Medicine B Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Israel)

^d Heart Institute   (Israel)

^e HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SEPSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; ISRAEL; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84899459395     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.058     Document Type: Article

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