The Journal of infection
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The Journal of infection · May 2010
Review Meta AnalysisNeutrophil CD64 expression as marker of bacterial infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of expression of CD64 on polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) as a marker for bacterial infection. ⋯ On the basis of this meta-analysis, CD64 expression on PMNs could be a useful diagnostic cell-based parameter of bacterial infections. However, published studies about this topic showed a low methodological quality.