C-reactive protein velocity discriminates between acute viral and bacterial infections in patients who present with relatively low CRP concentrations

C-reactive protein velocity discriminates between acute viral and bacterial infections in patients who present with relatively low CRP concentrations

Abstract Background To assess the utility of C-reactive protein (CRP) velocity to discriminate between patients with acute viral and bacterial infections who presented with relatively low CRP concentrations and were suspected of having a bacterial infection. Methods We analyzed a retrospective cohor...

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Main Authors: Daniel Bernstein, Dan Coster, Shlomo Berliner, Itzhak Shapira, David Zeltser, Ori Rogowski, Amos Adler, Ora Halutz, Tal Levinson, Omri Ritter, Shani Shenhar-Tsarfaty, Asaf Wasserman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Bacterial
Viral
C-reactive protein
Velocity
Differential diagnosis
Infection
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06878-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06878-y

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