The course of C-reactive protein response in untreated upper respiratory tract infection

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 506, 2004, Pages 653-658

  Melbye, Hasse ^a   Hvidsten, Dag ^b   Holm, Arne ^a   Nordbø, Arne ^c   Brox, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; C reactive protein; Common cold; Cough; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Influenza; Upper respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYALGIA; NORWAY; NOSE CONGESTION; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOVIRUS; SORE THROAT; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 4544248314     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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