CC and CXC chemokine levels in children with meningococcal sepsis accurately predict mortality and disease severity.docVIP

Available online /content/10/1/R33 Research Open Access Vol 10 No 1 CC and CXC chemokine levels in children with meningococcal sepsis accurately predict mortality and disease severity Clementien L Vermont1,2, Jan A Hazelzet1, Ester D de Kleijn1, Germie PJM van den Dobbelsteen2 and Ronald de Groot1 1Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC-Sophia Childrens Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2Netherlands Vaccine Institute, Laboratory for Vaccine Development, Bilthoven, The Netherlands Corresponding author: Jan A Hazelzet, j.a.hazelzet@erasmusmc.nl Received: 9 Dec 2005 Revisions requested: 16 Ja