title: Serum C-reactive protein concentrations in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis.
abstract: In a prospective study serum C-reactive protein concentrations were measured in nine patients with "active" pulmonary sarcoidosis (as assessed by bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocyte counts, gallium-67 lung scanning, and serial pulmonary function testing), and in five patients with "inactive" disease. Active pulmonary sarcoidosis was associated either with no rise or with only a modest rise in serum C-reactive protein concentrations. In contrast, serum C-reactive protein concentrations in 12 patients with sputum positive pulmonary tuberculosis were considerably raised. Serum C-reactive protein may thus provide a valuable test in the differentiation of sarcoidosis from conditions which it may mimic and which are known to induce an acute phase response.
authors: Department of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, London.
authors: C R
authors: CR
authors: Hind
authors: K C
authors: KC
authors: Flint
authors: B N
authors: BN
authors: Hudspith
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Felmingham
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Brostoff
authors: N M
authors: NM
authors: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein