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Abstract |
Interleukin-6 as Diagnostic Marker for Neonatal Sepsis: Determination of Access® IL-6 Cutoff for Newborns |
Neonatal infections are by far the most common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. To accelerate the diagnosis of a bacterial infection, IL-6 is increasingly used in neonatal diagnostics. The advantage is the level of IL-6 rises at the onset of infection while CRP reaches the maximum concentration with a noticeable delay.
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