Accuracy of commercially available c-reactive protein rapid tests in the context of undifferentiated fevers in rural Laos

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Phommasone, Koukeo ^a   Althaus, Thomas ^c   Souvanthong, Phonesavanh ^a   Phakhounthong, Khansoudaphone ^a   Soyvienvong, Laxoy ^a   Malapheth, Phatthaphone ^a   Mayxay, Mayfong ^a,b,d   Pavlicek, Rebecca L ^e   Paris, Daniel H ^c,d   Dance, David ^a,d   Newton, Paul ^a,d   Lubell, Yoel ^c,d  

^a MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e Naval Medical Research Center Asia   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Diagnostic accuracy; Laos; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ISOPENICILLIN N; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIAGNOSTIC KIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; LAOS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPID TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNDIFFERENTIATED FEVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LAOS; MALE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959326898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1360-2     Document Type: Article

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