PROCALCITONIN AND INTERLEUKIN-6 AS MARKERS OF SEVERE INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

PROCALCITONIN AND INTERLEUKIN-6 AS MARKERS OF SEVERE INFECTION IN CHILDREN WITH FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA

<p>Background. The results of the study conducted to determine whether procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are more sensitive and specific markers of severe infection in children with febrile neutropenia (FN) than routinelly used C-reactive protein (CRP) are presented in the article....

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Main Authors: Lidija Kitanovski, Meta Derganc, Janez Jazbec, Majda Benedik Dolničar, Jožica Anžič, Marija Gubina, Sergej Hojker, Blaž Krhin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2004-12-01
Series:Zdravniški Vestnik
Subjects:
febrile neutropenia
child
infection
procalcitonin
interleukin-6
Online Access:http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/2453

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