title: Serum C-reactive protein determination in acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
abstract: We have studied the role of serum C-reactive protein determination in the diagnosis of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Acute-phase serum C-reactive protein concentration reflected the extent and the severity of pelvic inflammatory disease more closely than erythrocyte sedimentation rate or white blood cell count determinations. We recommend that both C-reactive protein concentration and erythrocyte sedimentation rate should be routinely used to augment the clinical diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory disease.
mesh_terms: D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D004716:Endometritis / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein