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Point‐of‐care assessment of C‐reactive protein and white blood cell count to identify bacterial aetiologies in malaria‐negative paediatric fevers in Tanzania
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of point‐of‐care (PoC) assessment of C‐reactive protein (CRP) and white blood cell (WBC) count to identify bacterial illness in Tanzanian children with non‐severe non‐malarial fever. METHODS: From the outpatient department of a district hospital in Tanzania, 428 patient...
Autores principales: | Hildenwall, Helena, Muro, Florida, Jansson, Jaqueline, Mtove, George, Reyburn, Hugh, Amos, Ben |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5336187/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27935664 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12823 |
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