C-reactive protein velocity discriminates between acute viral and bacterial infections in patients who present with relatively low CRP concentrations.

Daniel BernsteinDan CosterShlomo BerlinerItzhak ShapiraDavid ZeltserOri RogowskiAmos AdlerOra HalutzTal LevinsonOmri RitterShani Shenhar-TsarfatyAsaf Wasserman

Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)

CRPv and CRP2 are useful biomarkers that can discriminate significantly between patients who present with acute bacterial and viral infections, and relatively low CRP concentration upon admission who were suspected of having a bacterial infection.

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