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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...
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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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 |
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