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Utility of qualitative C- reactive protein assay and white blood cells counts in the diagnosis of neonatal septicaemia at Bugando Medical Centre, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Neonatal septicaemia diagnosis based on clinical features alone is non-specific leading to the initiation of unnecessary antibiotic treatment posing a danger of increased antibiotic resistance. In the present study the utility of serial qualitative C-reactive protein (CRP) assay and whit...

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Autores principales:	Chacha, Flora, Mirambo, Mariam M, Mushi, Martha F, Kayange, Neema, Zuechner, Antke, Kidenya, Benson R, Mshana, Stephen E
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4192733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25280754 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-248

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