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Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-111989
Assuntos
Instituições de Assistência Ambulatorial , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Feminino , Infecções por HIV/diagnóstico , Soroprevalência de HIV , HIV-1/imunologia , Hepacivirus/imunologia , Hepatite B/diagnóstico , Vírus da Hepatite B/imunologia , Hepatite C/diagnóstico , Humanos , Masculino , Vigilância da População , Cuidado Pré-Natal , Infecções Sexualmente Transmissíveis/prevenção & controle
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Indian Pediatr
; 2003 Sep; 40(9): 880-3
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-6906
RESUMO
In this study serum C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were used to evaluate the duration of antibiotic therapy in 50 consecutive neonates with suspected septicemia. In 44 percent of cases therapy was stopped on 3rd day, as CRP was normal. In 8 percent antibiotics could be stopped within 5-7 days as CRP values returned to normal and in 48 percent therapy was extended beyond 7th day, as CRP values were high or rising persistently. Negative predictive value of serial CRP was 100 percent in deciding duration of antibiotic therapy in suspected neonatal septicemia up to 7 days. The correlation between positive CRP, raised micro ESR and positive blood culture was significant (p < 0.005).