Immature granulocytes predict microbial infection and its adverse sequelae in the intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 523-527

  Van der Geest, Patrick J ^a   Mohseni, Mostafa ^a   Brouwer, Rob ^a   van der Hoven, Ben ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Diagnostic value; Immature granulocytes; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CANDIDA; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMATURE GRANULOCYTE PERCENTAGE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOLOGY; GRANULOCYTE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84902270235     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.03.033     Document Type: Article

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