Use of delta neutrophil index for differentiating low-grade community-acquired pneumonia from upper respiratory infection

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 647-650

  Kim, Hyunjung ^a   Kim, Yonggoo ^a   Kim, Kwan Hyoung ^b   Yeo, Chang Dong ^b   Kim, Jin Woo ^b   Lee, Hae Kyung ^a  

^a Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VERY ELDERLY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84942243373     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2015.35.6.647     Document Type: Letter

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