Serum procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker of neonatal sepsis

Korean Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 440-445

  Park, In Ho ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Yu, Seung Taek ^a   Oh, Yeon Kyun ^a  

^a Wonkwang University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Procalcitonin; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREVIBACTERIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME LINKED FLUORESCENCE ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 84908087294     PISSN: 17381061     EISSN: 20927258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2014.57.10.440     Document Type: Article

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