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Causes of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens

OBJECTIVES: This study investigated causes of fever in the primary levels of care in Southeast Asia, and evaluated whether C-reactive protein (CRP) could distinguish bacterial from viral pathogens. METHODS: Blood and nasopharyngeal swab specimens were taken from children and adults with fever (>3...

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Autores principales: Althaus, Thomas, Thaipadungpanit, Janjira, Greer, Rachel C., Swe, Myo Maung Maung, Dittrich, Sabine, Peerawaranun, Pimnara, Smit, Pieter W., Wangrangsimakul, Tri, Blacksell, Stuart, Winchell, Jonas M., Diaz, Maureen H., Day, Nicholas P.J., Smithuis, Frank, Turner, Paul, Lubell, Yoel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32437937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.016