Accuracy of commercially available c-reactive protein rapid tests in the context of undifferentiated fevers in rural Laos

BACKGROUND: C-Reactive Protein (CRP) has been shown to be an accurate biomarker for discriminating bacterial from viral infections in febrile patients in Southeast Asia. Here we investigate the accuracy of existing rapid qualitative and semi-quantitative tests as compared with a quantitative referen...

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Autores principales: Phommasone, Koukeo, Althaus, Thomas, Souvanthong, Phonesavanh, Phakhounthong, Khansoudaphone, Soyvienvong, Laxoy, Malapheth, Phatthaphone, Mayxay, Mayfong, Pavlicek, Rebecca L., Paris, Daniel H., Dance, David, Newton, Paul, Lubell, Yoel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Technical Advance
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26846919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1360-2

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743113/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26846919
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1360-2

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