A Novel Host-protein Assay Accurately Distinguishes Bacterial From Viral Upper Respiratory Tract Infections

BACKGROUND: Bacterial and viral infections are often clinically indistinguishable, particularly in upper respiratory tract infections (URTI), which leads to antibiotic misuse. A novel assay (ImmunoXpert™) that integrates measurements of three host-response proteins (TRAIL, IP-10, CRP) was recently d...

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Autores principales: Oved, Kfir, Eden, Eran, Van Houten, Chantal, Gottlieb, Tanya, Navon, Roy, Cohen, Asi, Boico, Olga, Paz, Meital, Etshtein, Liat, Kronenfeld, Gali, Friedman, Tom, Bamberger, Ellen, Chistyakov, Irina, Potasman, Israel, Stein, Michal, Klein, Adi, Gervaix, Alain, Srugo, Isaac, Bont, Louis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631523/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.847

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