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Changes in eosinophil count during bacterial infection: revisiting an old marker to assess the efficacy of antimicrobial therapy
- Source :
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 61, Iss C, Pp 62-66 (2017), International Journal of Infectious Diseases, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017, 61, pp.62-66. ⟨10.1016/j.ijid.2017.06.005⟩, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Elsevier, 2017, 61, pp.62-66. ⟨10.1016/j.ijid.2017.06.005⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- International audience; Introduction: Eosinopenia as a criterion of sepsis has been the subject of debate for decades. Different authors have proposed different cut-off values.Methods: A prospective study was conducted from February to August 2016. Hospitalized adults suffering from a bacterial infection with eosinopenia, defined as an eosinophil count
- Subjects :
- Calcitonin
Male
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.drug_class
Antibiotics
Procalcitonin
Antimicrobial therapy
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Sepsis
Leukocyte Count
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
[SDV.MHEP.MI]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Eosinopenia
lcsh:RC109-216
Prospective Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective cohort study
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Bacterial
Complete blood count
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Bacterial Infections
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Eosinophil
Marker
medicine.disease
Antimicrobial
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cephalosporins
3. Good health
Eosinophils
C-Reactive Protein
Infectious Diseases
medicine.anatomical_structure
Immunology
[SDV.MHEP.MI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Infectious diseases
Female
business
Biomarkers
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18783511 and 12019712
- Volume :
- 61
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....fa0f97363fbca7dc7da70b74acfc247f