Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin and interleukin-6 values for predicting bacteremia and clinical sepsis in febrile neutropenic children with cancer.
Kitanovski
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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 1, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. lidija.kitanovski@kclj.si
Jazbec
J
J
Hojker
S
S
Gubina
M
M
Derganc
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000097:blood*; D012372:ROC Curve; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
D015415:Biomarkers; C000606589:CALCA protein, human; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011498:Protein Precursors; D002116:Calcitonin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D015740:Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide