Serum C-reactive protein as a biomarker for early detection of bacterial infection in the older patient

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 559-565

  Liu, Angela ^a   Bui, Triet ^a   van Nguyen, Huong ^a   Ong, Bin ^a   Shen, Qing ^a   Kamalasena, Dilan ^a  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; C reactive protein (CRP); Elderly; Older person

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77955934989     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq067     Document Type: Article

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