Pilot study evaluating C-reactive protein levels in the assessment of response to treatment of severe bloodstream infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1855-1857

  Póvoa, Pedro ^a   Coelho, Luís ^a   Almeida, Eduardo ^a   Fernandes, Antero ^a   Mealha, Rui ^a   Moreira, Pedro ^a   Sabino, Henrique ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444412717     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430382     Document Type: Article

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