Evaluation of procalcitonin, C-reactive protein, interleukin-6 & serum amyloid a as diagnostic biomarkers of bacterial infection in febrile patients

Indian Journal of Medical Research, Supplement

Volumn 141, Issue Mar2015, 2015, Pages 315-321

  Qu, Junyan ^a   Lü, Xiaoju ^a   Liu, Yanbin ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Fever; Infection; Interleukin 6; Procalcitonin; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCALCITONIN; SERUM AMYLOID A; AMYLOID A PROTEIN; CALCA PROTEIN, HUMAN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

EID: 84928728289     PISSN: 03679012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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