C-Reactive Protein: A Valuable Aid for the Management of Febrile Children with Cancer and Neutropenia

The usefulness of determining serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) for the identification of bacterial infections in febrile neutropenic patients with cancer was evaluated. Two hundred children with cancer were monitored prospectively for the occurrence of neutropenia and fever; serum was collec...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 1994-04, Vol.18 (4), p.589-595
Hauptverfasser:	Santolaya, María Elena, Cofre, Jose, Beresi, Victoria
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Bacterial infections Bacterial Infections - blood Bacterial Infections - complications Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Biological and medical sciences Blood C-Reactive Protein - metabolism Cancer Child Child health services Child, Preschool Children Clinical Infectious Disease Articles Fever Fever - blood Fever - complications Fever - drug therapy Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases Humans Infections Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis Medical sciences Neoplasms - blood Neoplasms - complications Neutropenia Neutropenia - blood Neutropenia - complications Prospective Studies Viral infections
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