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SEQUENTIAL DETERMINATION OF C‐REACTIVE PROTEIN IN ACUTE CHILDHOOD PYELONEPHRITIS
Author(s) -
JODAL ULF,
HANSON LARS ÅKE
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04892.x
Subject(s) - medicine , c reactive protein , gastroenterology , inflammation
. Serum CRP levels ranging between 10 and 200 μg/ml were found in 19 patients with acute pyelonephritis. Treatment with antibacterial drugs, to which the bacteria were fully sensitive, resulted in a rapid decrease of the CRP values and very low or trace amounts were attained within a week. In contrast, cases ineffectively treated and/or reinfected showed increasing or slowly decreasing CRP levels. It is suggested that repeated CRP determinations can be used as a diagnostic tool for the rapid detection of cases of acute pyelonephritis in which treatment is ineffective.