Sustained elevated levels of C-reactive protein and ferritin in pulmonary tuberculosis patients remaining culture positive upon treatment initiation.

Pryscila MirandaLeonardo Gil-SantanaMarina G OliveiraEliene D D MesquitaElisangela SilvaAnneloek RauwerdinkFrank CobelensMartha M OliveiraBruno Bezerril AndradeAfrânio Kritski

Published in: PloS one (2017)

CRP and Ferritin levels in serum may be useful to identify patients with positive cultures at day 60 of ATT.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
mycobacterium tuberculosis
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
iron deficiency