Developing a Tool for Differentiation Between Bacterial and Viral Respiratory Infections Using Myxovirus Resistance Protein A and C-Reactive Protein.
Konstantina IliopoulouPanagiotis KoufargyrisSarantia DoulouElisavet TasouliSokratis KatopodisStavroula-Porphyria ChachaliGeorgios SchinasCharalampos KarachaliosMyrto AstritiParaskevi KatsaounouGeorge ChrysosTheodoros SeferlisEffrosyni DimopoulouMyrto KolliaGaryphalia PoulakouStyliani GerakariIlias C PapanikolaouHaralampos MilionisGeorge N DalekosVasiliki TzavaraTheano KontopoulouEvangelos J Giamarellos-BourboulisPublished in: Infectious diseases and therapy (2023)
The calculation of the probability for bacterial infection using MxA and CRP may efficiently discriminate between viral and bacterial respiratory infections.