Performance of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial and malarial causes of fever in Southeast Asia

BACKGROUND: Poor targeting of antimicrobial drugs contributes to the millions of deaths each year from malaria, pneumonia, and other tropical infectious diseases. While malaria rapid diagnostic tests have improved use of antimalarial drugs, there are no similar tests to guide the use of antibiotics...

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Publicado en:BMC Infect Dis
Autores principales: Lubell, Yoel, Blacksell, Stuart D., Dunachie, Susanna, Tanganuchitcharnchai, Ampai, Althaus, Thomas, Watthanaworawit, Wanitda, Paris, Daniel H., Mayxay, Mayfong, Peto, Thomas J., Dondorp, Arjen M., White, Nicholas J., Day, Nicholas P.J., Nosten, François, Newton, Paul N., Turner, Paul
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4642613/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26558692
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1272-6
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