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Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin and interleukin-6 values for predicting bacteremia and clinical sepsis in febrile neutropenic children with cancer

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Acknowledgements

This study was partly supported by The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports, Republic of Slovenia, grant number J3-3482-0312-02. The authors would like to thank the staff at the University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology for collecting blood and microbiology samples. The study was approved by the National Ethics Committee.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Oncology and Hematology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 1, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    L. Kitanovski & J. Jazbec

  2. Nuclear Medicine Department, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    S. Hojker

  3. Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Medical School, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    M. Gubina

  4. Department of Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    M. Derganc

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Kitanovski, L., Jazbec, J., Hojker, S. et al. Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin and interleukin-6 values for predicting bacteremia and clinical sepsis in febrile neutropenic children with cancer. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 25, 413–415 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-006-0143-x

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