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SUBMITTER: Streimish I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3375383 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Streimish Iris I Bizzarro Matthew M Northrup Veronika V Wang Chao C Renna Sara S Koval Nancy N Li Fang-Yong FY Ehrenkranz Richard R Rinder Henry M HM Bhandari Vineet V
The Pediatric infectious disease journal 20120701 7
We assessed neutrophil CD64 as a diagnostic marker for neonatal sepsis. For early-onset sepsis, the CD64 index with a cut-point value of 2.38 had sensitivity, specificity and negative predictive values of 100%, 68% and 100%, respectively. For late-onset sepsis, the respective values were 3.62, 75%, 77% and 96%. Neutrophil CD64 index can be incorporated as a valuable marker for excluding neonatal sepsis. ...[more]