Could CD64 expression be used as a predictor of positive culture results in children with febrile neutropenia?

ABSTRACT Background: Early recognition of infectious processes in neutropenic patients is hampered by the fact that these processes may have dissimilar and non-specific clinical presentations. CD64 is a neutrophil surface marker that is not expressed in non-sensitized neutrophils. When the neutroph...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Göhringer de Almeida Barbosa, Mariela Granero Farias, Helena Cocolichio Ludwig, Isabel Stensmann, Matheus Vanzin Fernandes, Mariana Bohns Michalowski, Liane Esteves Daudt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842015000600395&lng=en&tlng=en