Are There Standardized Cutoff Values for Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratios in Bacteremia or Sepsis? |
Gurol, Gonul
(Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University)
Ciftci, Ihsan Hakki (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University) Terzi, Huseyin Agah (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University) Atasoy, Ali Riza (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University) Ozbek, Ahmet (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University) Koroglu, Mehmet (Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya University) |
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