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Predictive value of PCT and IL-6 for bacterial infection in children with cancer and febrile neutropenia

PURPOSE: Only a third of children with cancer and febrile neutropenia (FN) have a proven bacterial infection; nevertheless, most children are hospitalized and treated with intravenous antibiotics. Several biomarkers have been proposed as predictive markers for bacterial infection in this population....

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Autores principales: van der Galiën, Hilde T., Loeffen, Erik A. H., Miedema, Karin G. E., Tissing, Wim J. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6182367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29777383
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-018-4249-3