Changes in serum C-reactive protein during complicated and uncomplicated measles virus infections.
Serum C-reactive protein levels become elevated coincident with the onset of the rash in patients with measles. Serum C-reactive protein elevations are prolonged in measles complicated by pneumonia and may show a second elevation in measles complicated by encephalitis.
D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008457:Measles / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000097:blood; D013997:Time Factors
D002097:C-Reactive Protein