Human neutrophil lipocalin in fMLP-activated whole blood as a diagnostic means to distinguish between acute bacterial and viral infections - Venge, Per; Håkansson, Lena Douhan; Garwicz, Daniel; Peterson, Christer; Xu, Shengyuan; Pauksen, Karlis (Journal of immunological methods, 2015)
Keywords: acute course; Acute Disease; Acute infection; Adult; Aged; Bacteria; Bacterial infection; bacterial infections; Bacterial Infections - blood; Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; blood serum; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Female; Human neutrophil lipocalin; Humans; Lipocalins - blood; Male; Middle Aged; N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine - pharmacology; Neutrophil; neutrophils; Neutrophils - drug effects; Neutrophils - immunology; Neutrophils - metabolism; patients; Point-of-care; point-of-care testing; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Viral infection; Virus Diseases - blood; Virus Diseases - diagnosis; Bacterial infection; Acute infection; Neutrophil; Human neutrophil lipocalin; Point-of-care; Viral infection