Prospective evaluation of the usefulness of C-reactive protein in the diagnosis of neonatal sepsis in a sub-Saharan African region

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages

  West, Boma A ^a   Peterside, Oliemen ^b   Ugwu, Rosemary O ^c   Eneh, Augusta U ^c  

^a Rivers State University   (Nigeria)

^b Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Neonatal sepsis; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AFRICA; APNEA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRRITABILITY; JAUNDICE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VOMITING;

EID: 84908071152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-1-22     Document Type: Article

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