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Time from symptom onset may influence C-reactive protein utility in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in the NICU

BACKGROUND: Taking into account the timing of C-reactive protein (CRP) testing may improve the performance of the test in diagnosing bacterial infections in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We aimed to examine the yield of CRP, relative to time from symptoms onset. METHODS: Enrolled were all...

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Autores principales: Borowski, Shelley, Shchors, Irina, Bar-Meir, Maskit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9749206/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36517750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03783-4