The Diagnostic Value of Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1, Compared with Procalcitonin, C-reactive Protein, and Lactate in Bacteremia Estimation for Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Bacteremia in the febrile neutropenic patients significantly increases the mortality. It takes a long time to complete the blood culture for the diagnosis of bacteremia. Therefore, quick and specific markers are needed for the prediction of bacteremia. The purpose of this study are to compare the di...

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Main Authors: Ödemiş İlker, Köse Şükran, Senger Süheyla Serin, Akbulut İlkay, Çelik Didem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-10-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2020-0036