Open AccessCauses of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens
Author(s) -
Thomas Althaus,
Janjira Thaipadungpanit,
Rachel Greer,
Myo Maung Maung Swe,
Sabine Dittrich,
Pimnara Peerawaranun,
Pieter W. Smit,
Tri Wangrangsimakul,
Stuart D. Blacksell,
Jonas M. Winchell,
Maureen H. Diaz,
Nicholas Day,
Frank Smithuis,
Paul Turner,
Yoel Lubell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.016
Subject(s) - antibiotics , interquartile range , dengue fever , medicine , virus , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
This study investigated causes of fever in the primary levels of care in Southeast Asia, and evaluated whether C-reactive protein (CRP) could distinguish bacterial from viral pathogens.
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