How useful is C-reactive protein in detecting occult bacterial infection in young children with fever without apparent focus?
Maheshwari
Nitin
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SpR (Paediatrics), Oxford Deanery. nitin023@rediffmail.com
D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D015415:Biomarkers; D002097:C-Reactive Protein