Measurement of Interleukin 8 in Combination With C-Reactive Protein Reduced Unnecessary Antibiotic Therapy in Newborn Infants: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial - Concepedia

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Measurement of Interleukin 8 in Combination With C-Reactive Protein Reduced Unnecessary Antibiotic Therapy in Newborn Infants: A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial

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2004

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Axel R. Franz, Karl Bauer, Andreas Schalk, Suzanne M. Garland, E. D. BOWMAN, Kerstin Rex, Calle Nyholm, Mikael Norman, Adel Bougatef, Martina Kron,

Abstract

The number of newborn infants who received postnatal antibiotic therapy can be reduced with a diagnostic algorithm that includes measurements of IL-8 and CRP. This diagnostic strategy seemed to be safe.

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